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“Well, good. Hopefully Grandma can do the same.”
I nod. I hope so, too. I don’t see us having the type of relationship with each other that I just witnessed from Cash’s family, but I would like us to have more than what we have now.
“Okay. Enough of that. Let’s talk about Cash,” Brooklyn says, practically bouncing in her seat.
I groan. “Really?”
“Yes, really! Mom, he likes you! I can tell. Cody says it, too.”
I groan again. “Cody? You talked about us?”
“Mom. You stuck us in the office forhours,” she exaggerates. “Of course we talked. And he said that Cash totally likes you and his dad told him there’s history between you two but he didn’t know what it was. He also said that his dad told Cash that if you wouldn’t call him then he needed to man up and go to the diner to see you so that means he’s been wanting to talk to you forever. Why haven’t you called him? You had his number? Since when? And what kind of history do you two have?Howdo you have history because we haven’t lived in Red Oak that long and I’m basically with you 24/7 so I don’t know when you could have even found the time to have history with someone.”
“Take a breath, Brooklyn. You just asked a mountain of questions all at once.”
“Sorry,” she says sheepishly. “But, Mom, Cash is like acatch. Everyone in town knows that.”
“How doyouknow that?”
“Cody.”
I snort out a laugh. “He told you his uncle’s a catch?”
She shrugs. “Yeah, but I believe him because Cash is super good looking for an old guy.”
“Old? He’s one year older than me, you little turd.”
She giggles. “Like I said. Old.”
“No new jeans for you,” I joke.
“Also I totally want pizza so whatever place that lady told us to go to we need to find. I could really use some life-changing pizza. I don’t miss Chicago but I definitely miss Chicago pizza, you know?”
I widen my eyes. “Right?!” I exclaim. “But I thought we were picking up Chinese?”
“We still can. I’m hungry so maybe we can get pizza for a snack and bring Chinese home with us?”
“Man, I miss having a metabolism like yours.”
She flips her hair. “I know. It’s a wonderful thing being a teenager with a lot of energy and maybe self-diagnosed ADHD thanks to TikTok.”
I start laughing. “Well, I have it thanks to TikTok, too. But really I think I just have a lot on my mind and I’m getting older and find it hard to focus on just one thing.”
“Isn’t that like, exactly what ADHD is?”
I shrug. “I’m pretty sure there’s more to it than that.”
“Gotcha. So we have a plan. Pizza, shopping, Chinese, then pick up some ice cream for movie night?”
“My favorite kind of way to spend a night.”
“I bet you’d also like to spend a night with Cash,” she jokes then realizes what she said. “Ack! Not like that. I meant like a date. You should date him. But don’t introduce him to Dad. Dad would definitely hit on him even if Logan was around.”
Now that makes me laugh. Trotter would have a hard time keeping his eyes off Cash. Though, who could blame him? With his dark eyes, scruff on his chin, and unruly dark hair that always looks like he’s been running his hands through it? Combine that with his muscular build and he looks like a guy who should be on the cover of a magazine, not walking around in a small town. But maybe that’s why he’s even more attractive than should be legal?
“You’re a nut, you know that, right?”
“One of the things you love most about me.”
