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“Don’t ask me, ask my parents why they named a dog Spud.”
He tugged one more time and I let him pull me back into his side. His arm went around my shoulder.
I raised my hand and gave a little finger wave. “Hi.”
“Hello!” the woman said, smiling big. “I’m Janet and this is Tom.”
Tom looked like an older version of Luke. He had a full head of hair, although his was mostly gray.
“This is Aspen,” Luke introduced.
“Aspen, what a pretty name. How did you two meet?” Janet asked.
Oh God. I could feel my blush creeping up my neck. Did I tell his mother I met her son at a bar, and he took me to his room and fucked my brains out? “Um…”
“Trivia night at a bar. She’s so smart that we won fifty bucks.”
I blushed further at Luke’s praise.
“Smart? Then what are you doing with our idiot son?” Tom asked.
“Hey!” Luke countered.
“Tell us about you, Aspen honey,” Janet nudged.
“Well, I live in Hunter Valley and I’m a yoga instructor.”
“She has her own studio,” Luke added.
Both of his parents were looking at me through the phone, smiling and nodding. They seemed quite eager to hear what I had to say.
“Wow.”
“Impressive,” Janet said. “I tried yoga one time, but I fell asleep at the end. The woman I went with farted, too, but wouldn’t admit it.”
I couldn’t help but laugh. “I wouldn’t admit it either. As for falling asleep, that happens all the time. Especially in the early morning class.”
“I won’t tell you it was at four in the afternoon then.”
“She also has an amazing daughter,” Luke added. “Sierra. She’s away at hockey camp this week.”
Luke told his parents about Sierra. For a second, I was a little shocked. This wasn’t real and he didn’t need to bring her up. But he had. Which meant he thought of her, knew she was a part of my life.
“Hockey?” Janet asked.
I nodded. “She’s a little tomboy.”
“How old is she?” Tom asked.
“Nine.”
“She needs to come here and help herd some cows then.”
I thought of Sierra in a field with cows.
“She’d probably love that, right?” Luke asked, looking to me.
I blinked up at him. “You want Sierra to go to Nebraska?”
