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I laughed. “He is.”
“You know, your dad has some very handsome single men on the Mavericks. Have you ever thought about any of them?”
Like Michael Boone?
Yeah, no.
“Nope. That’s a hard line for Dad and I don’t blame him. How embarrassing would it be if I was sleeping with his players and guys were talking about me in the locker room?” I shuddered at the thought.
“Did I say anything about multiple players? What about that nice Sawyer Cain? He’s a widower now.”
“Grandma, stop.” I pulled into a parking space at the restaurant and looked at her. “I’ll find someone when I’m ready. It’s not now.”
At least, that was the plan.
* * *
I was late gettingto my lab in the morning and of course, my father called me as I was walking into the building.
“Hi, Dad. I’m running late—is everything okay?”
“Yeah, it’s fine.” His gruff voice always made me smile, even when he drove me crazy. “I just wanted to talk for a few minutes.”
“Well, I’ve got about three minutes until I get upstairs.”
“Jarvis called. He said you haven’t thanked him for the chocolate.”
Ah, there it was.
I’d been expecting it, but enough was enough already.
“Daddy, I love you, but you have to stop,” I said quietly. “It’s over. Do you really think I want to be with a man who doesn’t find me attractive? Is that what you want for me? Is that how you feel about Mom?”
Dad was quiet for a long time, and I stopped walking, waiting for his response because I didn’t want to have this conversation in the lab.
“Sweetheart, I just want to be sure you marry someone who’ll take care of you. You’re so lost in that lab of yours most of the time, you’ll be one of those old ladies with nothing but books and four hundred cats.”
“I’m allergic to cats, so we’re safe from that scenario.”
He sighed. “Has anyone ever told you how stubborn you are?”
“I wonder where that comes from?” I countered.
“You do have a point.”
“Look, I’m already late. I have to go. See you at dinner on Sunday. Love you.” I quickly disconnected the call and took the stairs two at a time.
“Morning!” Corrine gave me a grin.
How was she always so happy?
“Look who it is.” Ellen glanced at her watch. “Only fourteen minutes late.”
“I was here until midnight last night,” I said, yanking on my lab coat.
“How else are you going to finish your dissertation?”
I ignored her as I booted up my computer and opened my email.
