Page 76 of Truth or More Truth
“Is it?” I twist the phone cord around my finger.
“You tell me. Will that knowledge be useful in my future?”
I close my eyes and imagine Bobby in the bed next to me. “It will.” I shiver involuntarily.
He lets out a breath loud enough I can hear it.“Verygood to know.”
“Is it?” I tease.
“Indeed it is. Did Kelli tell you anything inappropriate about me when you talked to her earlier?”
I giggle. “Wouldn’t you like to know?”
“I truly would, but if you girls need to keep your secrets, I get it.”
“You do?”
“Teenage daughter, remember?”
“Hard to forget that. She was very nice to me on the phone, by the way. And she didn’t say much other than she was sure you’d make time to call me today. She also asked if I was going to date you.”
Bobby laughs, and my heart stutters. I wish I was with him in person, feeling his laugh rumbling through me as he held me tight.
“Of course she did,” he says. “She doesn’t beat around thebush, much like another woman I know. But just to clarify, you do want to date me?”
“I do.” I bite my lip. “I want to try to make this work.”
“Me, too.”
“I’m not sure what that means, though. Do we talk on the phone every day? Or is that too much? How do we deal with the time zone difference? When’s a good time of day for you to talk? And how often do we visit each other? Do you have a work trip planned to come here? At what point would you want me to meet Kelli and her mom?”
“Whoa, there, Trigger. That’s a lot of questions I don’t have the answers to.”
“I’m not sure if I find it endearing or insulting that you’re comparing me to Roy Rogers’ horse.”
“Well, you kind of look like?—”
A horse?“Hey, now! No need to?—”
He cuts in loudly, “I was going to say Dale Evans with dark hair.”
That shuts me up for a few seconds while I think about it. “Really?”
“Yeah.”
“I don’t see it, but whatever floats your boat.”
“Youfloat my boat.”
My face heats and I fan it with my free hand. “And when is your boat going to be floating this way?”
“I hope to come later this week, but I want to make sure Nanette is settled and doing well with Opal before I make any firm plans. As for you coming here, let’s hold off on that for now. I’d like us to spend more time getting to know each other before getting Kelli any more involved than she already is.”
“I get that. She was downright ecstatic on the phone earlier. Speaking of, how often do you want to talk? Is every day too much, with everything going on in your life?”
“Not if it’s OK for me to call you late like this. With work and family stuff, I’m usually on the go without much of a break all day, but once Kelli’s tucked away in her room for the night, I should have time most nights unless I have a client emergency or am in the air. What about you?”
“I’m home most nights these days, especially with my two closest friends now being married.” I wonder if he knows about the baby yet. “I hope I can still spend an evening or two with one or both of them each week, but we’ll see how well that plan works out once Leslie and Ash are home from their honeymoon.”
