CHAPTER NINETEEN: The Date
~Zella's POV~
"Absolutely not," I said.
"Absolutely yes," Brynn said.
"Brynn..."
"His name is Felix, he's lovely, he has all his teeth, and you're going." She picked up her wine glass with the finality of someone who had closed a discussion that hadn't technically been opened yet. "End of conversation."
"I just went through a breakup."
"Six weeks ago."
"That's not..."
"Six weeks, Zella. You've had enough time to be sad. Now you need to have dinner with a man who isn't Cole."
I looked at Evander across the table. He was looking at Brynn with the expression of a man choosing his words.
"She might not be ready," he said.
Brynn turned to him. "Dad."
"I'm just saying..."
"You literally said at dinner the other week that she might like someone else alread
