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Then what happened?”
Jo was sitting across from her at the table, the kitchen glowing
yellow, illuminated only by the light above the stove. After Katie
had returned, she’d come over, specks of paint in her hair. Katie
had started a pot of coffee and two cups were on the table.
“Nothing, really. After finishing the s’mores, we walked down the
beach one last time, then got in the car and drove home.”
“Did he walk you to the door?”
“Yes.”
“Did you invite him in?”
“He had to get the kids back home.”
“Did you kiss him good night?”
“Of course not.”
“Why not?”
“Weren’t you listening? He was bringing his kids to the beach and
he invited me along. It wasn’t a date.”
Jo raised her coffee cup. “It sounds like a date.”
“It was a family day.”
Jo considered that. “It sounded like the two of you spent a lot of
time talking.”
Katie leaned back in her chair. “I think you wanted it to be a
date.”