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“So what’sup with you and Amy?” I ask JD two nights later while we’re at my club. Even though I told Bridget men don’t talk relationships, I need a better handle on what to say next time Bridget brings up the subject.
“What do you mean?” JD returns, propping his feet on the ottoman before him.
“You still interested?”
JD shrugs. “Kinda.”
“You into Hannah more these days?”
JD pulls out his phone and starts texting. “Maybe. I can’t decide. She’s visiting family down in SoCal right now.”
“I’m guessing Amy can sense you pulling back. Bridget tried to grill me about you guys.”
“What’d you say?”
“I changed the subject.”
JD chuckles. “Sweet.”
“But she’s going to try again. She suspects you and Hannah have a thing. Maybe you should just break it off with Amy if you’re losing interest.”
“Yeah, she has been kind of clingy lately, asking me why I haven’t texted and shit. I might see her one or two more times, then I’ll call it quits.”
“I’m taking Bridget out tonight for a celebration dinner. You and Amy can join us.”
“Celebration dinner for what?”
“She got some grant at her internship.”
“Where’s dinner?”
“Ishikawa West.”
JD raises his brows. “Haven’t been there since they opened. How’d you swing reservations?”
“Asked Ben Lee for a favor.”
“All right. I’m in. You want me to send my driver to pick the girls up?”
A phone call interrupts before I can respond that I was planning to pick up Bridget and head straight to the restaurant. The call’s from Manny, who hasn’t been to the club in a while. I think he might be avoiding JD. I had texted Manny about talking. Feeling bad for the guy, I decided I might loan him more money for his massage parlor venture with the Park Street Boyz.
“Hey, sorry I didn’t get back to you right away,” Manny says. “I can come over now if you still wanted to talk.”
“I was going to…hold on.” I turn to JD. “Sure, send your driver.” To Manny, I say, “Come on over. I’ll be here for the next hour.”
“JD there, too?”
“He is.”
“How long is he going to be there?”
“The same as me. We have dinner reservations. When you get here, we’ll talk in my office.”
“Fine. See you.”
After I hang up, JD asks if I was talking to Manny.
“Thought I heard his nasally voice,” JD says when I answer in the affirmative.
