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“Yep.” I smile proudly. “A real date.”
She takes my hand in hers. “He’s practically in love with you already, dear.”
“Ha! I wish.” I smile as I stand. “I’ll be back in a while. I have to check on everyone. Do you need anything?”
“I’d love a glass of sherry.”
“Now, you know I’m not allowed to give you any, even if we had any.”
She lets out a deep sigh. “This place is no fun.”
“Tell me about it.” I leave Mrs. Greenwell and float down the corridor. After the week from hell, everything is finally working out.
I’m going on a date with Henley, not a booty-call-over-the-fence-in-the-middle-of-the-night kind of hookup. A real, bona fide date.
To the opera, no less.
I just hope it goes well. It has to.
“You look hot,” Rebecca says from her place at my kitchen counter.
“He’s toast,” Chloe chimes in.
I look between my two friends. “I can’t believe you two are hanging out without me.”
Chloe has come over to stay with Barry for the night, and with John away, Rebecca is home alone. They are having pizza and cocktails on my front porch, without me.
“As if you won’t be having more fun,” Rebecca scoffs into her wineglass.
“I still think Henley’s a weirdo,” Chloe replies.
“I don’t think it, I know it,” I agree.
“I mean, who forgets a condom and then completely freaks out and leaves in the middle of it and then doesn’t speak to you all week and then asks you to the opera on a date?”
“A weirdo,” Rebecca and I say together.
“She’s unpacking baggage,” Rebecca chimes in. “Aren’t you?”
“A truckload of it.” I grab my boobs and boost them up into my bra. “Do I look okay?”
“You look great.”
“Okay, I’m going to get going.” We decided that I would meet him at the hotel. Carol doesn’t miss a beat around here, and it’s going to be awkward if anyone knows about us.
Although I kind of get the feeling that Blake and Antony already know. They seem to be really chatty lately, but that could be my guilty conscience talking.
I’m hopeless at keeping secrets.
“Have a great night.”
“Good luck.” Rebecca hugs me.
“Kick him to the curb if he’s a dick.”
I puff air into my cheeks. “It’s Henley. We already know he’s going to be a dick.”
“True.”
