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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.
door and we headed over to the fountain
with stalls everywhere selling
stopped at the bridge leading to the plaza and turned to me, her expression serious. “What’s going on? What happened to
since I knew I
up?” Mariah frowned. “It hasn’t been
about two months,” I said, doing a quick
she just couldn’t figure me out. “I still talk to Sally sometimes, and she told me Jared hasn’t even tried to
his life, I’m living mine. Just because he’s not
to do the same.”
Mariah said, shaking her head. “I just want you to be careful. If you’re going to date, find someone you can really build a future with,
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can just pick someone out of a lineup,” I said, trying to dodge
mean you’re serious about him?” Mariah
my head. “No, we’re just friends
you wouldn’t bring him all the way
him around, it’s not like
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