Chapter 20
Connor and I started talking more on the phone. We had almost an hour every morning when he was off and I was getting ready for work. It was tight to see each other, but it worked for chatting. He’d started calling me on his way home from work and we talked until I got to READ. When I told him Tuesday morning about my girls’ night out he asked about all my friends. I gave him the rundown on everyone and confused him quickly. Then he baffled me when he asked if he could meet them one day.
Eeek!
I swear I floated into Bite Me! that night, barely realizing I was at the table before I was sitting down.
“Uh, oh. Riley’s a goner,” Charlie teased as she set cupcakes in front of me. “Another one bites the dust.”
I waved my hand as though to disagree with her, but she was right. I w
