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Chapter Four
“I stopped by the shop before I went to work and you weren’t there. Everything okay?” DeeDee asked.
“Of course it is. And I was there.”
“Not at eight,” she stated.
“Home Blown opens at ten,” Shanda reminded her.
DeeDee chuckled. “I wasn’t sure you knew that, because you practically live there. I take it the date went…well last night?”
Shanda huffed. “Is that why you came to the shop? Just so you could pump me for details?”
“Absolutely!”
“There really isn’t anything to share,” she responded. In a way, that was true. It wasn’t as though she’d brought him home with her and he’d rocked her world. If he had, I wouldn’t open the shop at all today.
“Then why so late of a start today?” DeeDee asked.
“I didn’t sleep very well last night.” She had tossed and turned over kissing him on the cheek. It was something a teenager would’ve done, and even now, she felt foolish. That’s what she got for holding back and not being more…forward. Granted, she didn’t want to have sex with him. She barely knew him. Hopefully that was going to change today at lunch.
“Lack of sleep is a good sign,” DeeDee teased. “You wouldn’t believe how many sleepless nights I’ve had since I’ve been with Larry.”
“I really don’t want any details DeeDee,” she said.
“Ha. You couldn’t handle them,” she laughed. “But I don’t want to talk about me. I want to talk about your date. Since I couldn’t meet up with you for breakfast, how about I swing by and we do lunch?”
“I can’t today,” Shanda said.
“You’re the owner. You can close for an hour to have lunch with your favorite sister.”
“I’m your only sister. Which is all the more reason why you should have lunch with me,” DeeDee stated firmly.
“DeeDee, I really can’t. I…I have plans already.”
“You mean…a date?” she asked.
“I mean lunch. And yesterday was just dinner,” she corrected.
“Did you wear the dress I told you to?”
“No, I didn’t.” Red, low-cut said, ‘Take me home and do me.’ That didn’t mean she wouldn’t use it later on him. Ha. Let’s see if he even shows up for lunch.
“Too bad. Maybe you’d be in a better mood if you had,” DeeDee laughed. “So does this stranger have a name?”
“Kenneth Heart,” she said.
“Where is he from?”
“Boston,” Shanda said. “And why all the questions?”
“Because you’re my kid sister and that is what big sisters do. And for the record, I believe you were the one who gave me all the grief about Larry when we were first dating. You were even worse than mom.”
“That is an exaggeration and you know it. I only asked basic questions, like—”
“Like I’m doing. I’m glad you met someone. I just want to make sure he’s good enough for you,” she said.
If Krissy and Billy’s house was any indication as to the kind of money Kenneth had, he was out of her league. Since they weren’t dating, it didn’t matter. “I tell you what, if I think we are going to get serious, then I will worry about it. Right now, all we are doing is talking.”
