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He chuckles. "You're swimming in that."

"It's a little big but it feels good. It's really soft."

"You can have it if you want."

"I've taken enough. I'm not taking any more from you."

"Okay, but if you don't want it, I'm just going to throw it out."

"Why would you throw it out? There's nothing wrong with it."

"It's old and I don't need it. I have more sweatshirts than I can wear."

"If you're throwing it out, then I'll keep it. It's so soft I might even sleep in it."

He looks at me and smiles.

Wait, did he trick me just now? Did he say he was throwing it out to get me to take it?

"I know what you did," I say.

"Then tell me, because I don't know what you're talking about."

"The sweatshirt. You tricked me into taking it."

He laughs. "I tricked you into taking an old sweatshirt I was going to throw out?"

"Yes. Because you weren't going to throw it out. It's too nice to throw out. Nobody would throw out a sweatshirt like this."

"If it was that great, it wouldn't be in the back of my car. It'd be in my closet."

That's true, so maybe he wasn't tricking me.

We cross the street and go down a block to the street that parallels mine. There's nobody around and I start to wonder if I can trust him. I feel like I can, but I felt that way with Rob and was completely wrong.

"Maybe I should just go home," I say, questioning my decision to spend more time with Miles. I want to, but I shouldn't.

"It's right here." He points to the building in front of us. "I told you it was close to the coffee shop."

He wasn't kidding. It's only a couple blocks away.

"Nice building," I tell him, noticing how new it looks. It can't be more than a few years old.

"Yeah, I like it. And I like being close to work. I can walk there instead of taking my car."

I stop as we approach his building. "You could've walked to the coffee shop tonight."

"I could've, but I brought the car because I thought we'd be driving somewhere for dinner. I get why you didn't want to. We haven't known each other long but I can assure you I'm completely harmless. You could ask Greg if you don't believe me. We could call him right now if you want."

"Who's Greg?"

"My best friend from back home. He's known me my whole life. Knows me better than anyone. You want me to call him?"

"No. I think I'll just head home."

"You sure? We could walk some more."

"I walk all day long. I don't really need more exercise."

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