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“I don’t know, I guess I didn’t know what you’d think of it. But since you’re doing it, too...”
“Had any luck so far?”
“Not at first. I went on one date, but we didn’t connect. Then it matched me with a commercial pilot.”
Oof. “Sorry, Mom.”
Her mom cleared her throat. “It’s fine. He might have been perfectly lovely, but I just couldn’t.”
“I don’t blame you.”
“Anyway, I’ve been talking to an accountant in Boulder through email, and he seems nice. We might meet soon.”
An accountant sounded perfect for her mom. Maybe he had a son...
Gertrude paused to do her business in the front lawn of the nicest house on the street. “Let me know how it goes. I just finished my profile, so nothing yet. Maybe we’ll find someone at the same time and we can have a dual wedding.”
“What makes you think I’m looking for a husband? Maybe I just want to have some fun.”
“Mom!” Gertrude startled at Claire’s screech.
“What?”
“Are you serious?”
“No, but would that be so terrible?”
“Yes. But only because you’re my mother.”
“Fine. I’ll keep my sex life to myself as long as you do the same.”
Claire’s stomach dropped at the thought of telling her mom about her and Graham’s situation. “I thought this had been a lifelong unspoken understanding, but if we need to say it out loud, deal.”
“Good.” A chime sounded in the background. “Time to put my bread in the oven. Let me know when you think you’ll come by, okay?”
“Okay. Love you, Mom.”
“Love you, too.”
Claire was so engrossed in the article she was reading on her phone that the low, scratchy voice in her ear nearly made her jump out of her seat.
“Do I sound sexy or creepy?”
Placing a hand over her racing heart, Claire glanced back at Graham, who had come up behind her chair. “You scared the shit out of me.”
His face fell. “Creepy, huh?”
He’d straightened, which took him farther away from her ear, and she could barely hear him.
She shook her head and stood, then walked around the row of chairs in the waiting room. “Not creepy. You just startled me.”
One corner of his mouth lifted. “So...sexy, then?”
She pursed her lips, unwilling to give it to him. “Just hoarse. Like you lost your voice at a football game or from a cold or something.”
He snapped his fingers. “Damn.”
“I guess that means the doctor said you were cleared to talk again?”
