’Thank you Mister Fisk’ Maddie smiled, brushing an errant strand of hair behind her ear bashfully. ’thank you’ she muttered again. ’And I promise the cakes are absolutely worth it.’ The cogs of Maddies brain were whirring rapidly as she considered all that had passed between them tonight and the wide eyed affection she felt for the man in front of her. It was perhaps a sort of love, not for the man – as a man, but as an ideal and a dream, a whisper of a person she could be if the stars had aligned in just the right way. ’Until the next time Mister Fisk, I hope it’s not a year next time.’ she added with a small laugh.

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