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“The man hasn’t touched me in six years,” Jessica said, her tone bored. “He barely remembers I exist. I don’t think he cares where I do it.”

Gabby looked in the rearview mirror at me. “So Jessica told me what happened. Neil is such a jerk. I had no idea. Seriously, why didn’t you tell us sooner?”

I blew a breath through my nose.

These were my friends. I spent more time with them than I spent with Bri, mostly because of the couples thing. We vacationed together and worked together and lived on the same street. But I couldn’t talk to them about everything, like I did with Bri.

Gabby was a little gossipy and could be a tiny bit shallow. Jessica was moody and tended to be negative.

I loved them, but I saw them for what they were.

“It was hard to explain,” I said, shutting down the discussion. Gabby already knew everything I’d told Jessica.

Gabby gave me a mischievous smile. “So this guy you’re seeing…”

This was another thing I couldn’t discuss with them.

I’d kept my relationship with Daniel as close to my chest as humanly possible. I gave them no details other than he lived far away. But I knew their interrogation was coming. We had a whole weekend.

“I’ve only seen him twice,” I said dismissively.

“Yeah, but what’s he like?”

I shrugged, looking out the window. “I don’t know. He’s nice.”

“What does he do?”

“Uh, he’s in property management,” I said vaguely.

“Is the sex good?” She glanced at me in the rearview, and her eyes sparkled.

Good didn’t brush the surface of how amazing the sex was. But if I told her the truth, she’d want more details.

I shrugged again. “It’s okay, I guess.”

“There’s an antibiotic-resistant strain of chlamydia going around,” Jessica said flatly.

Gabby made an ewwwww noise.

“I’m using protection,” I said.

“When do we get to meet him?” Gabby asked.

“It’s seriously just a hookup thing.”

It wasn’t.

Well, not entirely. I guess technically if it was just a hookup thing, we wouldn’t talk like we had last night. The time had gone by so fast, I didn’t even notice how late it had gotten, and I’d only hung up with him because Neil came home, and I saw the light flick on in the office.

I really liked talking to Daniel. It was easy, and he made me laugh. Surprisingly enough, we had more in common than I thought.

Gabby made a left into a gas station. “I need to use the restroom. Anyone want coffee?”

Jessica got unbuckled. “I’ll go.”

My phone started to vibrate. Bri was calling.

“I’ll wait in the car,” I said, answering it. “Hey.”