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Chapter Sixteen
“What are you smiling at?” Andrew asked.
Logan glanced up from the Postmates delivery confirmation on his phone. He wished he could see the look on Jeni’s face right now.
“Nothing important.” Logan sat back and perused the room. Jeni was right—there were a lot of women here. He’d scored one phone number, but dickhead Andrew had swiped it for himself, claiming he knew the girl.
Whatever. Not only was Andrew a friend Logan cared about, but the dude had cancer. Logan would give him the shirt off his back if he thought Andrew needed it.
Logan wasn’t really interested in any of the women around him anyway. He’d approached the girls earlier for three reasons. One, they’d both smiled at him, and one beckoned him over for a chat. He felt like an asshole walking away without showing some interest, and they were perfectly nice. Two, he thought it might irritate Jeni. Three, Andrew had no idea anything was going on between him and Jeni—Logan didn’t even know what was going on between him and Jeni—and Logan figured he needed to keep up his usual habits when he was out.
“Still doing good?” Logan asked, sipping his beer.
Andrew narrowed his eyes. “Fine. Just like I was the first four times you asked so cut it out. I get enough of that from my family.”
Logan gritted his teeth. “Sorry, man.”
“How was work this week?”
“Busy. I’m sure you’ve noticed the Chiefs are doing well this season.”
Andrew’s lip curled, and he muttered something into his water glass.
Logan chuckled. “Anyway, took me two days to engage with audience comments on the Twitter and Facebook posts I put out during the game. And I’ve got an upcoming marketing campaign to publicize the team’s involvement with a middle school sports program.”
“How’s the other thing?”
“Fostering Sweet Dreams?”
“Yeah.”
“Man, it’s awesome. Word finally got out about us, and the donations are rolling in. I got nine beds and two large monetary donations this week. I don’t want to complain, but it’s going so well I might need to find someone else to head things up soon. I’m spending a lot of my free time organizing pick-ups and drop offs, and with my job responsibilities, it’s a little much.”
“Damn, nice job. How long has it been since you started it?”
“Uh, almost three years now, I guess.”
“That’s great. It’s a cool thing you’re doing. Have you run into Jeni at any of the events? I figured you two would cross paths at some point through foster care stuff.”
“Not yet.” It seemed Jeni still had no idea how involved he was, and he was fine with that. He didn’t want to invite questions. “But I’m sure it won’t be long.”
* * *
Jeni:Thanks for the tacos, I guess.
Logan: We really need to work on how to thank someone for a gift.
He settled against his couch, smiling. He could picture her perfectly, glaring at her phone.
Jeni: I didn’t ask for them.
Logan:= gift.
Jeni:How do they make their tortillas so good?
Logan:Hell if I know. But they are. Any left over for me?
Jeni:Nope. Rhonda and Valerie had some too.
