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Fuck.
He said it again, this time aloud, and Derek looked at him sharply.
“What is it?” Derek asked.
Leandro said grimly, “You asked me a while ago what her name is. Well, I know now.” He nodded towards the stage. “Roberta Granger.”
It took a moment for Derek to react, and then he grinned. “Good luck, Leandro. You will need it. Badly.”
Chapter Three
“There’s a young manI want you to meet,” Samantha Christopoulos confided to her excitedly.
So that was why the older woman was holding on to her arm so tightly, Bobby realized with a grimace. Even so, she tried to pull away. The hold tightened. Bobby sighed. “You know I adore you, Aunt Sam, but this has to stop. I’m not looking for a boyfriend.”
“You should.”
“Does my mom know you’re encouraging me to hook up?”
Samantha looked offended. “Of course!”
It was Bobby’s turn to be offended. “She does?”
“Oh, come on, don’t be mad at her. You know we’re both just worried about you.” Samantha squeezed the younger girl’s arm affectionately. “The problem with you is that you let the past affect you too much.”
Bobby shrugged.
“You didn’t use to be so lacking in self-confidence,” Samantha chided.
“I’m not lacking in self-confidence,” Bobby protested. “I do workshops all the time, public talks—-”
“That’s not what I mean and you know it. You used to have more confidence in yourself as a woman.”
“Aunt Sam, I am confident as a woman. I’m just not as blind as I was in the past about who I really am.” Now, she understood perfectly that she wasnotthe kind most men considered attractive. She was too pale, too curvy, and too smart for her own good.
She unconsciously straightened at the thought, as if preparing herself for the disdain of other people.She didn’t care about what others thought, Bobby told herself. What she cared most about was her charity and making sure the children who depended on her would be taken care of for the rest of their lives.
