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“Well,” Naomi says, “I know for a fact that you will be happier without that asshole If only for tonight”

I h “And how do you know that?”

She moves her head pointedly across the club “Mr Tall, Dark, and Delicious over there looking at you I’ve been keeping track and he’s barely taken his eyes off you”

“There are four of us here, Nao at anyone”

“No, he’s looking at you”

I know she’s trying to distract“You can’t possibly know that”

“I can Because when I went to get the last round of drinks, I asked him”

Elizabeth gasps, “You did what?”

Naoives her a look “The whole point of this trip is to take care of Sandy Let her have a good tiht and as her roo laid hasn’t happened So I’s into my own hands”

Anna has her hands over her hter I’m not sure whether I want to join her or if I should be shocked like Liz I’h to relax ed, Wyatt and I hadn’t had sex for a while Probably because he was having sex with my sister Another wave of anxiety hits me I refocus on the man that Naomi has pointed out across the roo between us, but I feel a jolt of electricity between us I probably i feels more dra at e blend of anxiety and anticipation shivers down my spine

“What did you say to him?” I ask Naomi

“I asked hi at you He said he was So I told hi to do anyone any good So if he means it, he needs to buy us a round of drinks and come over”