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"How about you, Rowe? What are you studying?" hter You’d never know the exertion happening under the tablecloth by the look of co up above, and I’m actually pretty impressed
"Well, I haven’t really decided yet But I’ about philosophy or art" Her voice trails up at the end, al a question, so anxious for my parents to approve Rowe has no idea how perfect her ansas, but she’s about to find out
"You know, Cathy’s an artist,"about my mom
"I have a small studio," my moalleries in New Orleans and California, and she sells a lot of her work She does sculpture and metal work, and I don’t know much about her world, but I know people pay her a lot of money when they commission a piece
"You should check outRowe’s attention "She does metal sculpture I bet you’d like it" Rowe bites at her lip and s with every minute that passes
"Here…I have a card" My mom reaches into her purse and pulls out a bent card with her website listed on it, and Rowe studies it closely
"Thanks, I will," she says, her smile somewhere betonder and relief She leans down to tuck the card in her purse
Rowe relaxes evenher intervieithat the loaf of bread dropped off at our table, too interested in the garlic butter and toasted edges to pay any o, but only for a few minutes while we place our orders and take our drinks And as soon as the waitress leaves our table, I reach for her again, and her hand is actually waiting for mine
"Oh, we ran into the Maxwells," s I don’t knohy she thinks this is a good direction for dinner talk, but I’ he can help me make a conversational U-turn somehow But no, he only makes it worse
"Yeah? Was that slut Sadie with them?" Ty has a ords, and those just made sure Cass and Roere completely dialed in on whatever ht Sorry I guess the appropriate terorize your brother’s cheating ex-girlfriend?" I kick Ty’s chair under the table, and he finally looks up "What? That’s what she is!"
I keep trying to ets it and justhis attention to the salad now in front of him
"Anyway," my mom continues "We didn’t see Sadie, just her parents But they said she took the scholarship to Oklahoirlfriend, the first and only girl I said I loved, is playing basketball for a college less than ninetyto the fingers of the girl sitting next to ht about since I irl who says I’ll probably neverht now And all I can do is be okay with it all, because her problems are a hell of a lot heavier than mine
"Ha, I bet you run into her," Ty says, and this time I throw a piece of lettuce at hiives o of ed when Nate’s parents brought up Sadie His posture was different, his breathing was different, the way his hand felt in mine--different Nate’sabout how they won proh school, and how Nate had this secret crush on Sadie his junior year and used to go to all of her basketball games and leave before the end of the fourth quarter, afraid to talk to her
I had a hard ti other than confident, which made me start to wonder about how different he is with me Sadie had his heart, as far as I can tell At least, she did until she betrayed hi that part, about how Nate walked in on her with his best friend at their graduation party
The walk hoe now that I had all of this new infor about Sadie had brought up old feelings