Chapter 79

“You didn’t have to buy me anything,” he said, but the look on his face suggested it had been a long time since anyone had bought him a present and he was the teensiest bit curious as to what it could be.

“Now, I want you to keep an open mind,” she said.

“Uh-oh. That’s usually not a good sign.”

“It’s nothing bad, I promise.” She walked over to the bed and dumped the contents of the bags out onto the comforter. “I was going to start you out slowly with a shirt or two, but there were some awesome clearance sales. I got a bit carried away.”

“I guess,” Cedric said, staring at the clothes piled there.

Colorful clothes. Shirts and pants and even boxers. And not a single black item.

Cedric picked up a polo shirt the same creamy beige as the carpet and looked at the tag on the collar. “Out of curiosity, how did you know what size to buy?”

“I peeked at the tags on your clothes yesterday.”

He laid the shirt across the bed with the others. “So, y