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“Okay, well, I have no objection to your plan,” she said graciously, as if she was the Queen of England and David was one of her subjects.
He cocked an eyebrow. “You don’t? Oh, well thank you.”
“You’re welcome. So, do you have a ring, yet?”
“Yes, I have a ring. This isn’t my first rodeo, Jules.”
“That’s the truth, funnily enough. Can I see it?”
“No. I don’t have it on me.”
“Why not?”
Glancing in the direction of the bathrooms to make sure Paige hadn’t come out yet, he said, “Because I have a plan for the proposal, and it doesn’t take place tonight in this restaurant with you in attendance. That’s why.”
Jules pondered that, before asking, “So what is the plan for the proposal? Because I want to make sure it’s not as lame as your first one.”
“My first one was spontaneous and heart-felt, not lame,” he objected, even though he’d basically told Evan it had been ‘pretty bad’. “And I’m not telling you how I’m doing it this time, because … no.”
“Because … no? That’s your reason?”
“How about it’s none of your business? Is that a better reason?”
“For a five-year-old, maybe.” Then, perhaps thinking she’d pushed enough buttons, she backed off. “Well, can you at least tell me when it might be happening?”
“Pretty soon.”
“Pretty soon? Jesus, talking to you is like talking to a tree.”
“Look, I don’t know exactly when, but it will be soon. And in the meantime, could you please not say anything to her about this? I don’t want her running for the hills before I’m ready.”
“You think she’d run for the hills?”
David sighed. “I honestly don’t know. I mean, she won’t just be saying ‘yes’ to me—”
“That’s true, but I don’t think Jacob is an issue. If anything, he’s a real selling point for accepting your proposal.”
“Thanks a lot.”
“You know what I mean. Jacob won’t be the reason she says ‘no’.” Jules glanced toward the bathrooms again before leaning forward. “The reason she might say ‘no’ is because she’ll think it would be wrong to marry her ex-husband, but that won’t mean she doesn’t want to. So, when you do ask her—you know, pretty soon—if she starts spewing out some crap about marrying an ex-husband is wrong, just tell her you won’t let her come until she says ‘yes’.”
He blinked at her. “What?”
“You heard me.”
“You really want me to say that?”
“Yes. Trust me, it’ll work. In fact, say it to combat whatever excuse she might come up with, because it should work for anything.”
“That seems sort of … underhanded.”
“Yes, which means you should have absolutely no problem doing it.”
Chapter 79
Thanks to Jules, David now had a full name and a face to attach to the prick who’d abused his son, and David immediately began checking out Liam Hollis on social media. Most of his accounts were public, which enabled David to find out Liam worked for a construction company and liked to hang out at his favorite bar, the Tap, quite a bit (apparently only going to high-end bars with Ashley). He was also a big fan of muscle cars, especially the one he owned, which was a classic 1970 red Chevelle SS, with black racing stripes on the hood.
At that, David frowned, because what a waste of a fucking cool car. Especially on an owner who drank Bud Light … from a can.
