Twenty-Three
Ridge
I didn’t run.
Instead, I turned on the charm and sat down to dinner with Karrie and her parents.
Parents loved me, so I wasn’t worried about that. No, the worry was that this was too soon. Yes, I realized I’d be taking Karrie home to meet my mom in a few short weeks, but it wasn’t at all the same.
I didn’t care what my parents thought about me, my life, or who I was dating.
Karrie, on the other hand, loved her family and took their thoughts and opinions into account. Meeting the parents for her would mean something totally different than it did to me. On one hand, I wanted them to like and approve of our relationship. On the other, I didn’t want to care what they thought, because I didn’t even know where this thing between Karrie and I was going.
“Can you pass the
