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“I think she’d be a great fit”

“Cool I’ll send the bride her contact info” I stood up to leave, but Millie held up a finger

“Not so fast So on with you and I want to knohat it is You are not a hummer”

“I hum,” I said “It’s off-key and terrible, but I hum Everyone hums”

“I know you, Winifred MacAllister Out with it”

Sighing, I dropped into the chair again “Okay, but don’t get all crazy about this It’s not a big deal”

“What’s not a big deal?”

“What I did last night”

Her eyes ide just as someone rapped on her open office door

“Knock, knock,” Ellie said as she walked in “There you are I just saw your dad in the main office and he said you were over here”

“We’re just finishing up,” Millie said “Come in and take a seat Winnie is about to tell us what she did last night”

Ellie raced for the other chair across from Millie’s desk, vaulted it, and dropped onto the seat “Oh, I am here for this Did you seduce the older man?”

“What older man?” Millie squealed

“The hot single dad that moved in next door to her last weekend,” Ellie announced breathlessly “He’s going to be her neighbor-with-benefits while she’s on a break from relationships”

Millie set herdoith a thud “Wait, what about the bet? Doesn’t that mean she lost?”

Ellie shrugged “I sort of gave her a hall pass for this guy”

“That was nice of you”

“Well, she deserved it after what she went through with Merrick And she understands that this is strictly a sex thing No feelings allowed”

“Are you going to tell the story or am I?” I asked impatiently

“You” She crossed her legs, parked her elbow on her knee and her chin in her hand “Tell us everything”

“Well, when I got hoht and went out to the patio to watera beer”

Ellie’s eyes lit up “Nice move with the plants”

“Thank you, I thought so too” I tucked ht some furniture for his patio, and he invited me to co story short, I sat on his lap instead, just as you suggested”

Ellie clapped her hands “And then?”

“Then ent inside and things happened”

“In his bedroom?”

“Uh, no” I laughed, shaking my head “We only made it about three feet inside the door”