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"We thought for sure you’d be upset over this because of the Dean thing," Carin explains

"Dean and I kind ofup Which, in my book, does Plus, as far as I know, he hasn’t said a word to Tucker about the fact that I’ood"

The waitress shows up and we all order Hope gets a salad, Carin orders soup and salad, and I order the Philly cheesesteak with a side of fries because I’ okay The course load is crushing"

"I hear you"

"Med school is sapping all y to the point that I don’t have ti from sunup to sundown over Christe fireplace and sleep I don’t kno you’re doing it"

"I wouldn’t be able to do it without Tucker He’s always there Well, most of the time," I correct Because lately, he’s been really busy and I’ve been quietly panicking

Hope frowns "Oh no Is there trouble in paradise?"

"No, not really He’s doing uilty"

"Oh fuck that," Carin says "This is his kid too Is he slacking off? Because I will kick his ass from here to the harbor for you"

"No, not at all It’s…" I pause, hesitant to givethe words will ive in to the urge "I think he’s found someone else"

"No" Hope denies it immediately "When would he have the tiht and you see him on the weekends too"

"That’s just it Before, he was around all the time, but in the past couple weeks, he’s been really busy"

"Maybe there’s a bunch of builders trying to get projects done before the snow co double shifts or soh "It’s not just that he’s not around as much He’s distracted and quiet,but is afraid of how I’ll take it"

"Just co her fork at me "Actually, I’m shocked you haven’t slipped up and done it already Even in texts and stuff"

"It’s beyond hard," I adlass of water and his shirt slipped up and I almost dropped to my knees with lust And when he’s with Ja on the couch the other night, feeding her And I started to say I love you and caught myself, but not before I had the first tords out I ended up saying I love your socks"

"I love your socks?" Carin exclaims

"It’s beyond ridiculous I know"

"Why don’t you just tell him?"

"Because if I tell him, then he’ll feel bound to me He’s so honorable and so decent, he won’t even look at another woman"