Maxwell: can I sit here?Payten: knock yourself out.
Maxwell: thanks.
Payten: mmhmm.
Maxwell: you new around these parts?
Payten: what makes you think I'm new?
Maxwell: well, I've lived here for almost two years, and I've never seen you before.
Payten: you know everyone in this town?
Maxwell: absolutely not, but someone like you would of definitely stood out to me.
Payten: someone like me? What is that supposed to mean?
Maxwell: look around you, you're the most beautiful woman in this bar.
Payten: (laughing) you ain't shit.
Maxwell: well, am I lying? If you were me, would you be interested in that gorilla over there?
Payten: listen, you are not about to have me pee on myself in here, okay? (Laughing)
Maxwell: okay, but I'm not going to make any promises.
Payten: hi, I'm Payten Charles... (extending her hand out for a handshake)
Maxwell: (shakes Payten's hand) Maxwell Silver.
Payten: wait... author Maxwell Silver?
Maxwell: yup, in the flesh.
Payten: I knew you looked familiar, you live out here?
Maxwell: yup, two years like I said earlier, you didn't believe me?
Payten: nah, not that, you just didn't rub me off as the type to like in a town like this.
Maxwell: in my profession, this is the best place to live, it's so peaceful out here. No distractions, I'm able to fully concentrate better than I did when I was living in New York.
Payten: oh wow, you from New York? So am I.
Maxwell: what part of New York are you from?
Payten: Flatbush Brooklyn.
Maxwell: I'm from Harlem.
Payten: I love Harlem.
Maxwell: black Mecca.
Payten: yup.
Maxwell: this is a long way from Flatbush, what brings you to Ice Springs?
Payten: just needed to get away.
Maxwell: get away from what?
Payten: more like whom...
Maxwell: crazy boyfriend?
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Thanksgiving Special
RomanceTop selling Author Maxwell Silver meets a woman at the bar that goes by the name of Payten Charles on the eve of Thanksgiving, and that meeting amongst the two turned into something spicy and delicious.