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I looked up at him. “That was incredible. So yummy.”
He laughed. “Maybe we could do it again some day.”
“Well, I was thinking the same thing, but you know, I don’t want to wear you out.”
“Ha. That’ll never happen. But I might wear you out.”
“Hmmm,” I said. “We’ll just have to see about that.”
Chapter 20
CHASE
Shortly after that article in the New York Post had come out, the one about the RESLR team, Ruby’s nanny told me there’d been several hang-up calls on my landline. I thought nothing of it since solicitation calls were endemic, but about the fifth time she mentioned it, I started to wonder what the hell was going on.
Turned out I didn’t have to wait long for my answer.
While I normally let calls to my landline go to voicemail, I took a chance on picking up the phone while waiting for Avril to come over. She’d wanted to meet Ruby, and I wanted to spend more time with her. Perfect way to see both my girls at once.
Oof. Did I really just say ‘my girls?’
I reached for the phone on the fifth ring, just before voicemail picked up.
“Hello.”
Nothing.
“Hello?”
I waited for a moment, and then a woman’s voice came in, faint but also familiar.
“Chase?”
“Hello? Yes this is Chase. Could you please speak up?” I asked.
“Chase, it’s me.”
Who was me?
“Excuse me? Can you tell me who this is?”
“Minette.”
Had someone just punched me in the gut? Because it sure felt like it.
“Chase? Are you still there?”
I had to fight the urge to throw the phone through the wall. I didn’t want to wake Ruby.
Plus, I really didn’t want a hole in my wall.
“Uh, yeah. I’m here”
“It’s been awhile, Chase.”
I pictured her long brown hair and how it swung in the wind when she walked. Wait. Stop. I didn’t want to have any happy memories of her.
“Yeah, it has been a while, Minette. What do you want?” I was trying to be as nice as I could. I didn’t feel too hopeful about that, though.
