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“I actually do have an event on Saturday afternoon, but I can fly out afterward and stay through Thursday evening.”
“We get you for five whole days?” she asks.
I laugh. “Unless I make friends there.”
“Oh, yes! Steve and Barb’s daughter. She’s a couple years younger than you, and then there’s Ellie Dalton, who issucha sweetheart, and she’s a couple years older than you, I think.” She’s babbling, and wait a second...
“Did you just say Ellie?”
“Mm-hmm, yes. Why?”
“I met her at the charity ball. She was really nice,” I say.
“Yes! That’s her. She works with a lot of the players as a publicist. Oh! And Erin, who runs the charitable contributionsalong with Lily, the team owner’s secretary. They were the two behind the charity ball, and I’ve heard murmurs that they want to outsource the planning next year.” She says it as a hint, like I could get my hands in that pot, but she’s always dreamed much bigger than reality. I already get the hint that she’d love nothing more than for me to move to Vegas and take on the charity ball as my first client when I open my own event planning business, but there are several issues with that.
One being that I’m not planning to move to Vegas.
Another being that all the research I’ve done about starting up my own business is based in San Diego…not Las Vegas.
“I’d love to meet all of them,” I say, rather than giving into the big plans she’s making for me.
“I’ll tell Vicki to book your travel.”
“Thanks, Mom. I need to go. The girls are waiting for me.”
“I can’t wait to see you, honey. Have fun, and tell the girls hi for me.”
“I will. Love you.” I end the call after she tells me she loves me, too, and I head up to Chloe and Lauren’s third-floor apartment. Addy’s already there, and all three women are waiting for me when Lauren opens the door.
“Finally,” she scolds jokingly.
“Sorry. I was on the phone with my mom, and she wouldn’t let me hang up until I committed to a visit.” I roll my eyes.
“And?” Chloe prompts, her eyes lighting up.
The three of them have been up my ass about getting back to Vegas, and it’s only made me push harder in the other direction, as one does.
I sigh. “And I’m going this weekend to attend the game with my mother, and I’ll be staying a few days.”
“Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God!” Chloe squeals as Addy claps her hands and Lauren says, “This is it!”
I roll my eyes at the three of them. “You are all way too much. He’s not interested, and I don’t know why you all think this means I’m going to see him again. I went in July, and he wasn’t there, remember? He’s moved on, I’ve moved on, it’s fine.” It’s also a lie. I don’t know if he’s moved on, and I don’t know if I have, either.
“I’m even more convinced this is happening,” Chloe says as she shakes her head at me.
“Can we get to the book?” I ask, holding up my copy.
“Desi and Asher sitting in a tree,” Lauren singsongs.
I purse my lips as that rage over him not calling me brims back to the surface. I don’t want to take it out on them, but they’ve been teasing me for three months, and frankly, I’m sick of it.
I stand, and I head toward the door.
“Where are you going?” Addy asks.
“I’d rather go home than sit through this,” I say.
“Don’t be so dramatic,” Lauren huffs.
