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I laid my phone down, sipped my co
ffee and exhaled. “I’m not quite sure.”
He sat down, poured a cup of coffee, looked at me, opened the top folder and asked, “How’s Gabby this morning?”
“Why did you ask me that?”
“Weren’t you with her last night?”
“How did you…”
“We’ve been friends a long time, and when you all but threatened to kill me if I disturbed you last night with anything less than death, I knew what that meant..”
I smiled and shifted in my seat. “Was I that obvious?”
“Yep. So how was your evening?”
“Dinner was great.” I felt like a teenage boy replaying my date with the hottest girl in school. “We ate at the restaurant.”
“Private room?”
“Of course. Chef Paul really outdid himself last night.”
“And?”
“She was impressed.” I thought back to her reaction when she saw me enter the dining room with the plate of appetizers.
“So, what’s the problem?”
“Last night, we…I mean…I didn’t realize how difficult it would be to be around her and not be privy to more.”
“More?”
“You know, more.”
It took him a second and then he smiled. “So the snake wanted out of the box last night?”
“In the worst way possible. You should have seen her. She had on this sexy black dress fitting every curve, and her parfum was everywhere. I wanted to cancel dinner and go straight to dessert, at my place.” I smiled.
He nodded. “So what happened?”
“You called.”
“I’m sorry, but…”
“I was angry you called and interrupted dinner, but at the same time, I was glad.” I got up and started pacing and wringing my hands. “I’m not sure if I can do this.”
“I was afraid of this.”
“What?”
“You, in love.”
“Love? Who said anything about love?”
“I’m sorry. Did I misread the situation? Because from where I’m sitting, it’s clear to see you’re in love with this woman.”
“I…I’m uhm…where is this coming from?”
