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Grace huffed. “Okay, a second date, which I agreed to when I was too drunk to know better. And some hand-holding is allowed. But if you try to cop a feel, I’ll lay you out flatter than a pancake.”
Terry laughed. “You’d try.”
“Or turn you into a soprano when you least expect it.”
“Ouch.” Terry grimaced.
When my phone rang, I put it on speaker. “What’s up, Jordy?”
“I went to get a cup of coffee, and I’ve lost connection to the house. I’m blind.”
“How’s that possible?”
“I hope nobody cut the—wait… Yeah, here it is. The cable company says the internet is down in like a twenty-block area.”
“Why?”
“Just a second. Keep your britches on… Got it. LAPD reports some idiot driver hit the cable company’s box a few streets over, and like the good citizen he was, the guy decided to flee the scene. Typical.”
“Okay. Thanks.”
“Do you want to send Terry to check out the house?” Jordy asked.
“Can’t. He’s with us.”
“You could drop him off, and he could Uber back,” Jordy suggested.
I checked the rearview mirror. Constance shook her head. Terry nodded.
I agreed with Constance. A crowded space was too dangerous to give up a pair of eyes. “Send the boss.”
“No can do. He’s got a client meeting in Santa Barbara.”
“I’m keeping Terry. Disneyland is the priority. He and Constance are both needed on this outing.”
“Copy that.”
“Thanks, Jordy. Keep me updated.”
I ended the call and shook my head.
“What are you thinking?” Constance asked.
“I hate coincidences.” My gut told me this was too many things pulling us in opposite directions all at once.
She leaned forward and patted my shoulder. “You made the right call. It’s just an empty house. If you’re worried, we can do an extra-careful sweep when we get back.”
I nodded, but that didn’t help the knot in my gut.
Serena
I was giddyas a schoolgirl to have my hand in Duke’s as we walked onto Main Street in Disneyland. With a few sore muscles from last night’s athletics, I wasn’t looking forward to standing in a ton of lines, but that was the reality of a park like this.
“Where should we start?” Nick asked, looking at his girlfriend, Allison.
“The lady’s choice,” Duke said immediately, pointing at Katelyn, who was on the phone. It was a cute gesture. I’d mentioned Katelyn’s depression over the loss of her fiancé and asked him to be nice to her.
“We’ll be here pretty much all day,” she said into the phone as she finished her call.
