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“If you want,” I allowed.
She let out a sigh. “I wasn’t mad about you and my dad getting together.” Tavy made a face. “That sounds so weird to say.”
“I know. It’s still kind of a shock to me, too. You weren’t mad about us getting together? Really?”
She shook her head. “Not when I calmed down enough to really figure out the heart of the problem. It was…well, I felt betrayed because it was a secret. You lied to me.”
“We didn’t mean for it to be a secret. But we didn’t want to tell you if it wasn’t going to be anything. Neither of us wanted to jeopardize our relationship with you for a fling that would’ve run its course.”
“Yeah.” Her brow furrowed. “When I came to see my dad yesterday—” She looked at me.
“He just told me about you sneaking a visit in.” I tried not to let hurt permeate my voice, but I didn’t do a good enough job.
She winced. “I wasn’t ready to see you. And then you left that angry voicemail.”
“Sorry about that.”
“No, you’re not.” She grinned.
“No, I’m not,” I agreed with a laugh. “Continue though.”
“My concern was about you. You had just gotten out of an engagement. And Dad is like, a lot older.”
“You didn’t really think he’d take advantage of me, did you?”
She shook her head. “No. Not really. I was just…thrown. And confused. And out of the loop. I don’t like being out of the loop.”
“I know. Tavy?”
“Yeah?”
“I’m his Old Lady now.”
She nodded. “Oh, wow…”
I bit my lip.
“There’s more?” she asked.
“There’s more.”
“Well, spit it out.”
“He said he’s going to ask me to marry him. And I said when he does, I’ll say yes.”
She didn’t say anything for a moment and then finally she asked, “Where’s the ring?”
I blinked. “Well, he hasn’t actually asked me yet. He just said that he would ask.”
“So, you’re not officially engaged?”
“Not technically.”
“I’m going to ask you a question and you’re going to be completely transparent with me. Okay?”
I nodded.
“This is not me being a brat or trying to sabotage anything. I see how he looks at you. I can’t believe I missed it.” She rolled her eyes. “We can scratch detective off the list of potential jobs in case the nursing thing doesn’t work out.”
