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He hesitated a moment, then asked, “Did we survive having coffee together?”
“I’d say we did,” she said. There was so much to this man. She’d never have seen it if they’d stopped with their skirmish at the Santa Walk.
“Then how about dinner tonight? Corky’s baking cookies with my sister, and I’ve got nothing to do.”
“Poor you.”
“So, what do you think?”
“I think you’d better tell me you like Chinese.”
“I do. Can I pick you up?”
“Are you strong enough?”
He pointed a finger at her. “You enjoy being irritating, don’t you?”
“Only sometimes,” she replied. “Yes, you may, and here’s my address.”
She gave him both her address and her phone number, and he put them in his phone.
And just like that, she had a date with Jekyll and Hyde. And maybe, just maybe, Hyde was on his way out, and the good man who was starting to emerge would be able to break free.
“By the way, Griffin is a cool name. Do you know what it symbolizes?”
“Don’t tell me you do.”
“I looked it up before I came. It symbolizes power and prestige. And courage.”
“Courage, huh?”
“Just thought you’d like to know.”
“Thanks. It is good to know. See you tonight. Six?”
She nodded. “It’ll be you, me and the general.”
His lips cocked up in a half smile. “Tso?”
“That’s the one.”
“All right,” he said. He gave her a little salute and then left the coffee shop.
She stayed put and texted her sister.Can’t come over tonight. Having dinner with the Grinch.
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He came to the paper to apologize. We had coffee. I think there’s a good guy hidden in there somewhere.
Keep me posted, Frankie texted, and added a smiley face emoticon.
Will do, Stef assured her.
Of course she would. Stef adored her mother, but Frankie was her confidant and adviser, had been since Stef was little. Frankie had been rooting for her little sister to find true love and erase the bitter taste of what Richard had dished out.
Eating Chinese with Griffin Marks would be a good place to begin. Maybe nothing would come of seeing this new man, but they could at least help each other look for the road to happily ever after.
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