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“Boyfriends, huh,” he said, as if he was trying how it sounded for size.
“How about you leave your answer until we see each other,” I suggested. “Say, Wednesday night? My place?”
“Sounds good.” Then he added, “What about your answer?”
“I already know my answer.”
He chuckled. “Fucking hell.”
I was now grinning like an idiot, my dinner long forgotten. “Unless you wanted to come over tomorrow night...”
He barked out a laugh. “You have no idea how much I’d like that. Six o’clock okay?”
“Perfect. We can order in some dinner.”
“Deal.”
We were both quiet then, but I didn’t want to hang up. “I should let you go,” I tried.
“Yeah,” he breathed but made no attempt to hang up.
“I’ll text you my address.”
“Okay.”
More silence. “Okay look,” I said. “I need to go before I ask you to come over tonight. Or before I find myself going to your place.”
He laughed. “Yes. Same. Okay, good night, Keats.”
“Good night, Linden.”
I had to make myself end the call, but I smiled for the rest of the night.
I was still smiling, even when I got to the flower markets early the next morning and all the way into the shop.
Robbie gave me one look, then rolled his eyes. “Oh god. It’s getting worse.”
I laughed but Lina chided him. “Leave him alone. He’s happy.”
We unloaded the van and began our workday, and I couldn’t remember ever feeling so damn happy.
Then around ten o’clock, my phone rang andMumflashed on the screen. I held it up for Lina to see. “Just be a minute,” I said, then walked outside and answered the call. “Hey, Mum.”
“Oh hey, love, just thought I’d call you to see how you are.”
“Yeah, I’m good,” I replied. Not even the grey day outside could ruin my mood. “Everything’s good.”
“How’s the store? Busy as ever?”
“Yep.”
There was a beat of silence. “What’s wrong? That sounded unfinished.”
I laughed. “Nothing’s wrong. The opposite, actually.”
“Oh?”
I took a deep breath and exhaled. “Maybe I’m jinxing myself here, but I might have met someone.”
