Page 10 (1/2)

I’d tried all ame—mostly for hts of Dane Bax and 10,000 Lux I tried to play it off, to myself, that all I was really interested in was a call from the HR department about my application Another internal lie, of course I wanted to see hinetic force had been a fluke Though that sort of curiosity wasn’t exactly sane

“Let’s lanced toward the fairway and the fourso down our necks—my fault—since we’d started earlier in the mornin

g “They didn’t want to play through, but let’s not needlessly hold the in”

He was so golf-PC I grabbed my ball and clubs and we headed to the cart He drove us up to the clubhouse and we found a table on the patio overlooking the eighteenth hole—the one that had just slaughtered loomy weather quite suitable

While the server brought our usual round of drinks without us even placing the order, since my dad ell known on just about every course in the Southwest, he finished tallying his score, three under par His shoulder o and was now the GM and occasional instructor for a private golf club

Tossing aside his pencil, he asked, “Hoas yesterday’s big soiree?”

I gave hi a sip of iced tea “You don’t really want to talk about that You hate weddings”

And I didn’t like torturing him with details of starry-eyed couples Nor was I inclined towith Dane Bax It already felt too obsessive that, as exhausted as I’d been the previous evening, when I’d closed aze that flashed in my mind

“Everything else okay?” my dad asked

“Sure” I didn’t worry him with the h that wasn’t far frohts, either Particularly Dane’s role in the whole thing

Changing the subject to a safer one, I chatted my dad up on news of The Open Championship while we ate lunch Then we parted ways outside and I loaded my clubs into the SUV and drove to my townhome

I spent the first part of the week reorganizingthe rushed preparations for the Delfino-Aldridge affair I had papers strewn all over han’s mishmash of ideas for flowers and decorations were plastered across the corkboard that hung above azines that we’d torn out or iet a full visualization and coestions for her

I was long overdue for actual office space, but since I always met clients at their venue of choice or in their home I chose not to waste the money Not that I could really afford the extra expense at the et

I wanted an office, though Dreaant one that would bedazzle my brides and their parents A little more hustle and bustle would be nice, too, as I’d mentioned to Dane

Not surprisingly, I checked my smartphone about a dozen ti for a call or an e- that I wished he would call He had my number, after all