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“You tell me.”
She shakes her head. “Can’t.Someoneneeded a ride last night, so I got no D.”
I bark a laugh. “I’m an asshole. An unsuspecting cock-blocker.”
Scottie eyes me while trying to look upset, but I see through her facade.
“I didn’t allow Koen to ask me much of anything. I grilled him. Your father would be proud of me.”
She heads behind the counter, depositing the leaves in the trash. “What did you find out?”
“That’s confidential. If you’re too busy trying to get into his pants to take a few seconds to get to know him, then that’s on you, Scottie Rucker.”
She rests her arms on the counter. “Is this weird?”
“This conversation?”
“You and I talking about my sex life with another man.”
“I think it would be weird if we talked about our sex life.” I meet her at the counter, leaning onto it, mirroring her pose. “Even though it was really good. At least I know I was good. I don’t remember your part that much. You pretty much just laid there.”
Scottie glares at me but loses, covering her mouth to muffle her laughter. She’ll never know what this means to me.
The smiles and laughter.
The banter.
The tiny nudges.
The chance to live in her world again.
Her budding romance complicates things, but I see it in her eyes. She’s happy I’m here. I like to believe that, in some small way, I’m something positive in her life, too.
The door chimes, and I glance over my shoulder at the two teenage girls, taking a quick right toward Scottie’s gemstone and jewelry display.
“I noticed you’ve been wearing your bracelet,” she says.
I pull up my sleeve. “I wear it every day. It’s magical.”
“Ya think?” Her eyes widen.
“I do.” I knock twice on the counter. “I’ll let you get back to work. I just stopped by to …”
“Tidy up the produce?”
“Exactly.”
“Have you been to the salt room?”
I shake my head.
“It’s a little pricey.” She shrugs. “But we should go.”
This feels like our summer together. Scottie would find something new to do, and we made Philly feel new again, despite having lived there our whole lives.
“Funny you brought it up,” I say. “I was planning on going to one this week.”
“Let’s go after work tomorrow. Are you still working?”
