"Yes it is." She said it a little too quickly for me to believe it, and her cheeks colored further as she bowed her head. "It's my middle name."
"And?"
"And what?"
"Are you gonna tell me, or do I have to sneak into your wallet and look at your license while you sleep?"
Taylor sat back in her chair, looking mightily embarrassed. "Well, Esther is one of two books in the Bible named after a woman. The other is Ruth."
"Ruth? Really?"
"Yup, you can understand why I dropped it. I made the change when I came out to Pepperdine."
"Well, a rose by any other name. You're still stupidly sexy." My grin spread as she blushed.
We finished our meal, and as I climbed on her bike wrapped my arms around her waist I wondered what more there was to the story. She was clearly estranged from her family,
