“I’d hope so.”
Just then Seth knocked on the door. When Casey opened it, Seth waved at Dan.
“Have a good Christmas, Dan?”
“Okay, I guess. The best part was that Casey came down and spent part of it with me.”
“Uh huh. It was really quiet around here with both of you gone.” He turned to Casey.
“You all set?”
“Yup.”
As he was going out the door, Seth turned and said, “Dan, let’s have dinner some evening.”
“Great.”
Dan puzzled about the relationship between Seth and Casey. He found himself with an unfamiliar emotion. Something in his stomach tightened and turned very cold when he thought about Casey and Seth having s*x. Were they doing that?
* * * *
Dan was thinking of going to Nellie’s just to see who was back in town, but the phone rang.
“Hello?”
“Dude, you’re there!”
Dan recog
