As soon as my dad finished speaking, Mariah gave him a hard whack. “You can eat whatever you want, but you can’t just say anything.”
My dad instantly sobered up a bit, as if he suddenly remembered that the last time I introduced my boyfriend, his last name was Ryan.
He immediately looked embarrassed.
When I glanced at Nathan, he lowered his eyes, hiding a smile. He hadn’t been drinking, but his handsome face was flushed.
Yvonne was shoveling rice into her mouth, then scooted closer and asked, “Sally, what does ‘trying for a baby‘ mean?”
“It’s nothing. Eat up, have some more veggies,” Mariah said quickly, loading her bowl with extra vegetables.
Yvonne’s big dark eyes sparkled with curiosity–I could tell her little brain was already in overdrive again.
Nathan cleared his throat and said, “Sir, I’ll toast you with coffee instead of wine.”
“That’s very thoughtful of you, Mr. Hallman,” my dad said, clearly pleased.
After dinner, Mariah asked me to go out and pick up some things for the house, but I knew she just wanted to
have a chat.
I followed her out the front door and we headed over to the fountain plaza nearby.
The place was crowded, with stalls everywhere selling every kind of kids‘ toy you could imagine.
leading to the plaza and turned to me, her expression
replied, since I
up?” Mariah frowned. “It hasn’t been that
I said,
“I still talk to Sally sometimes, and she told me Jared
calmly, “He’s living his life, I’m living mine. Just because
to do the same.”
can really build a future with, someone you could spend your life with.” Mariah was still pretty old–fashioned–she couldn’t really get behind women playing the field when it
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like I can just pick someone out of a lineup,” I said, trying to
Does that mean you’re serious about him?” Mariah
head. “No, we’re just friends right
just friends, you wouldn’t bring him all the way home to meet your parents,”
to explain, “I just wanted to show him around, it’s
room? That’s not just a casual
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