THIRTY
Zoey hadn’t told the Maddoxes about her girlfriend, though she had told Poppy more about her. Somewhere during one of their phone conversations, Poppy had commented on how eager she was to meet the Casey that Zoey kept talking about. That was how they’d ended up making the date to meet at a coffee place near the bus stop.
Poppy offered more than once to go to the girls, but Zoey was nervous about meeting anywhere too close to her mom’s in case anyone saw them together. Zoey and Casey were friends, Val and the other Maddoxes knew that. At first, Poppy hadn’t understood why them meeting would raise any red flags, though it didn’t take her long to figure out that, yes, it would be a little odd for Poppy to have a date with Zoey and her friend without including other Maddoxes or meeti
