Damn, Doug thought. She’s got her sights set on him. Damn. Damn. Damn.
“Doug, a devious idea has just occurred to me. If I ask Stan to dinner, he’ll probably reciprocate.”
“No doubt. But he may just offer to take you out.”
“Well, here’s what I have in mind. Why don’t I invite you and Stan and Virgie? I think he’s probably met her by now. She is still close with the local legal community, and Stan’s a lawyer by trade.”
Virgie Crane was a close friend of Hallie’s, the widow of a prominent local attorney.
“That sounds like a pleasant evening,” Doug said. “But be careful, if you have designs on Stanley. Virgie may move in on him first.”
She waved away his comment with her hand. “Darlin’, I don’t have designs on anybody. I like my life just the way it is. I think Virgie would say the same
