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“I was just about to put a thing of popcorn in the microwave. Does that constitute ‘busy’?”
“Can you come over?”
“Be there in five.”
Saylor went in to check on the girls for the fourth time. They were both still asleep. Not that she expected them to wake up.
She heard the kitchen door open and flew down the hallway. “Thanks for coming over.”
“Here. Pop this,” her friend said, holding out the package.
“It might wake up the girls.”
Poppy ripped the cellophane off, put it in the microwave, and set it for three minutes. “A freight train through your living room might wake them up too, but I doubt it. What’s going on?”
“The girls invited Monk over for dinner. They asked me first, of course, but he came over for dinner.”
Her friend turned toward her, bent her arm, and rested her head on her hand. “Fascinating. Tell me more,” she deadpanned.
“We set ground rules.”
“I’m riveted.”
“Stop it.”
“Saylor, what actually happened?”
“He wants to spend time with us.”
Poppy grabbed two bowls and the bag of now-popped corn.
“Here, open it.”
“There’s steam. You have to wait so you don’t get burned.”
“By that time, it will be cold.”
Saylor grabbed the bag, ripped it open, and handed it to her friend. “Why do I always have to be the one to open it?”
“Because I don’t want to get burned.” Poppy tossed several pieces of popcorn in her mouth. “So tell me the rest about Monk.”
“Don’t chew with your mouth open.”
“That’s it. I’m leaving,” she said, not making any move to get up. “What’s freaking you out?”
“I don’t do the boyfriend thing. You know this.”
Poppy sat on the sofa and looked up at the ceiling. “It’s time, Saylor. The official cut-off for relationship abstinence after a breakup is five years. You’re there.”
“I don’t know…”
“I’m being serious. You want this and you know it. Plus, if this Monk guy ever even looked at you cross-eyed your brother would kill him. Literally.” She ate more popcorn. “Tell me your rules.”
“No sleepovers. No PDA.”
“That’s it?”
“I could set more if you have any suggestions.”
