After Bella and Rebecca left. I felt like I was in a stupor for a good hour. I sat on my sofa, staring out into space, weighing my options—-what few option there were. There were exactly two~I could not show up at all and bring out any excuse, like a horse going into labor or a sick puppy. I could show up alone and feel ridiculed while Adam’s flooded me with questions about what happened to Nelson.
It was a damn shame that I didn’t even have a single brother I could call upon for a date. I’d avoided men altogether, and now, when I needed one, just one, to do me a solid, there was nobody.
Then a lightbulb went off in my head. I had eight hours to locate a man, a fine-ass-man and talk him into being my date for Adam’s welcome home party. I know,I know. I should’ve kept it simple and stayed
