She Said His Name First

A stranger from my book event asked me for coffee. Two hours later, I understood what I'm actually building.

She got there before me and had already bought my coffee.

I like starting there because it tells you a lot. I was the one who’d extended the invitation. I was the one who supposedly had something to offer. And I walked up to her, sitting at a table outside, to find a cup already waiting for me, and a woman who had thought far enough ahead to guess what I…