Well, her brother Matt had it too, but she didn’t talk to him as much. They were never as close and him siding with their father years ago had been a bit much for her. She didn’t care that Mattrealized what a jerk their father really was, the damage had been done.
Just like she still had a bit of a grudge that her mother didn’t stick up for her much either.
She took a deep breath. One more call she could make.
Scrolling through, she found her half sister Ruby. Eight years older than her, married and had one son, Caleb. Five years old.
She loved her little nephew.
Even the relationship she had with Ruby after discovering she had a half sibling almost seven years ago.
She hit the button, it rang twice. “Hi, Molly. How are you doing?”
“Good. I’m not interrupting anything, am I? Your dinner?”
“Nope. Josh got called into work and Caleb is watching a movie. I’m just cleaning up dinner. What’s going on? Do you want to come over and hang out with us?”
Boy, did she ever. That would have been a great excuse to get out of this date.
“Wish I knew that a few days ago, then I’d have an excuse to not be sweating in this new dress right now.”
“You’re wearing a dress?” Ruby asked. “What’s the occasion?”
How sad was it that even her family didn’t think she might go on a date.
“I lost a bet and have to go on a blind date tonight.”
“Huh? Why would you bet something like that?”
“Because I got cocky and then lost.”
“Had to be a work thing,” Ruby said. “That’s the only thing you ever get cocky about.”
“Right on the first try.” She filled Ruby in. “I thought they were good.”
“Sorry. No way you could get me to eat cookies with Brussels sprouts in them. That was a sucker bet on Tonya’s part. She shouldn’t be taking advantage of you that way.”
That only made her feel worse. “It’s over with and now I look like an escort.”
Ruby laughed. “I highly doubt that. Go stand in front of the mirror and send me a picture. I need to see.”
She walked back toward her room. “You won’t laugh?”
“Never.”
She put the phone down in front of her while she looked at her reflection in the mirror, snapped the picture, and sent it. “Well?”
“Hot damn,” Ruby said. “You look crazy good.”
“Do you think?”
“I wouldn’t have said it that way if I didn’t mean it.”
No. Ruby and everyone else would have put a polite smile on their face and say she looked nice.
Never did anyone have that much excitement in their voice.
“I do feel kind of good. Just wish I wasn’t wasting it on someone that I’m not even really attracted to.”
