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“I would love some,” Kate said.
Phil and Kate took seats at my kitchen table.
After boiling some water, I poured their tea and brought two cups over.
A minute later, Monica sauntered in. “Oh.” She scratched her head. “Hello.”
“Monica, these are my in-laws.”
“Yourin-laws?” Her eyes widened. “You’re married?”
Phil pretended to be surprised as he looked over at me. “You bastard!”
Monica looked ready to blow.
“He’s only joking. He’s a ballbuster,” I assured her.
“I apologize for my husband’s behavior.” Kate whacked Phil on the arm. “Our daughter was married to Sig, but she passed away several years ago. We’re just visiting. We didn’t know he had anyone over.”
“Oh.” Monica’s expression softened as she looked over at me. “You didn’t say anything about...”
I sipped some tea. “We didn’t say much to each other at all, though, did we?”
“Right.” She looked down at her feet. “Uh…I’d better get going.”
“Alright, then.” I stared into my teacup without making eye contact.
“You have my number,” she said.
“I do.” I nodded once.
Monica left the kitchen. The three of us were quiet as we listened to the sound of her exiting my apartment.
After the door slammed closed, Phil turned to me. “She’ll never hear from you again, will she?”
“Not unless I have the sudden urge to be kept awake all night.”
Kate sighed. “You can’t live like this forever, bringing home women you barely even talk to.”
“I have no interest in anything more.”
“That’s because you’re intentionally not letting the right people in,” she scolded.
“I appreciate your opinion, but I know what I need, and it’snota relationship.”
“Britney would want you to find happiness. You know that, right?”
Britney would want to be alive. That’s what she would want.I cleared my throat. “Anyway, what brings you to town? You couldn’t possibly have come over this early to chastise me about my personal life.”
They looked at each other.
Suspicious, I lifted a brow. “What’s going on?”
Kate set her cup down. “Thereissomething we want to talk to you about.”
“Alright…” I took a sip.
“We came to London for the hospital fundraiser, but we figured we’d kill two birds with one stone while we were here.” She paused. “Phil and I have been talking, and…” She took a deep breath. “We’d like to use one of the eggs. We think it’s time.”
