Chapter FourMargaret had called me earlier in the week to let me know that she’d managed to fix me up with her friend’s very eligible stepson. His name was Jeff Everhart, and he ended up calling me an hour later, to officially ask me out for Friday night. We chatted for a few minutes, until he got a call from his work, and the timer for my frozen pizza dinged.
I was actually looking forward to Friday, so the week seemed to take turns dragging and speeding up. Jack only pestered me a couple of times, until I went to lunch with him, but we just got fast food. I could only guess that he was tormenting me through my arteries.
Friday night, Jeff was a couple of minutes late. I knew this because he phoned me earlier and apologized in advance. His meeting had run over, so he worried he might be
