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“You going to play cards with Max?”
“Nope…I’m going out on a date tonight…With Skylar.”
“Like Tracy and Link?”
She’s intoHairspraynow. Thanks to Skylar, I now have to listen toGood Morning, Baltimore, morning, noon and night.
But Olivia is smiling like a happy little loon right now, so I’ll go with it. “Yep, I guess so.”
“Are you gonna be Skylar’s boyfriend?”
I’d like to say,Yes, yes I am, but I don’t really know how this is going to play out.
“Libs, it’s a little complicated. Real life isn’t like the movies. I don’t know if I’ll be her boyfriend, but no matter what, she’ll always be my friend and yours, too.”
“But you like her?”
“Yeah, I do.”
“Like she’s a special person?”
I nod. “I think she’s really special.”
“Are you gonna hold her hand tonight?”
Jeez. “Hold her hand?”
“Yes! And you should give her a kiss goodnight, too. Then she’ll be your girlfriend.”
I should have kept my trap shut. “Olivia, don’t—”
I’m about to tell her not to get her hopes up when she cuts me off. “It’s ok, Daddy. She likes you too.”
“And how do you know that?” I ask it as a joke even though I’m more than a little curious.
“She looks at you like Belle looks at the beast.”
“That’s a good thing?”
She nods as she takes another bite of her waffle. “Yep.”
* * *
Skylar opens the door with wide eyes. “I thought you’d text me and I’d meet you downstairs.”
“Is this ok?”
She laughs as she leads me into her room. “It’s fine withme. I just know how you operate, so I figured you’d be having a minor panic attack picking your date up at her college dorm.”
I scratch the back of my neck. “I was having a moment on the ride over, but I just kept telling myself that I’m not your professor and I don’t work here. I’m an adult and you’re an adult—”
“Deep breath, Leo.”
“What I’m trying to say is that I’m over the age difference thing if you are.”
“It was never an issue for me.”
But I can’t let it go that easily, so I press the issue over dinner.
