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No kidding. I’d already figured that out.
“I’ll bear that in mind,” I told her, trying to keep a straight face.
She came closer to me and looked me in the eyes. Then she nodded to herself and touched my arm. I didn’t know what to make of this either and decided to think about all of it later.
Then she walked toward Eddie, reached up and touched his shoulder. He bent low to give her a kiss on the cheek and murmured something that was still annoyed but also sounded loving. The sight and sound of it made me feel pleasantly strange again and I had to force myself to look away.
There were good-byes and more small waves and they were gone.
Eddie stalked toward me, grabbed the box and then stalked into the kitchen.
I walked to the doorway of the kitchen and stood there.
“That was fun,” I told him.
He put the box down and started stalking again. This time his eyes were dark and his intentions were clear.
Eek!
I retreated, slammed up against a wall and he positioned his body close to mine.
I was looking up, my head tilted way back, and his face was less than an inch away.
“One thing good about that. I’ve never seen you smile so much, and I don’t think I’ve ever heard you laugh.”
“Your mother’s funny,” I told him, beginning to find it difficult to breathe.
He came even closer and difficulty breathing was no longer my main concern because the oxygen in my lungs started burning.
“My mother’s meddling and nosy and hell-bent on having dozens of grandchildren, the sooner the better.”
I gave a little nod in the room I had to work with. I was trying not to think of giving Blanca grandchildren, but more trying not to think of how I’d go about doing that.
“That sounds familiar,” I replied.
His hands came up to my jaw, holding my face tilted. His eyes went liquid and he muttered something in Spanish. I caught the wordscariñoandHermosaand began to lift up on my toes when my cell started ringing.
“Ignore it,” Eddie said against my mouth.
I wanted to, I really did, but I couldn’t.
“I can’t,” I whispered. “It might be Mom.”
He immediately let me go and stepped away.
I walked to the kitchen and picked up the phone, which had stopped ringing.
I looked to see who’d called and it was again Indy. I thought this was weird, considering she knew I was on a date with Eddie. She couldn’t want a progress report this soon.
“Indy’s called twice,” I said as Eddie put the Napoleons on plates.
He handed one to me. “If she needs to speak to you, she’ll phone back.”
He grabbed the wine and walked into the living room. I followed him. He set the wine and his plate on the coffee table, went to get our glasses, put them on the table and sat down. He grabbed the remote and turned on a baseball game.
I stood next to the couch and stared at the TV.
“Um…what are we doing?” I asked.
