And she clearly had no idea.
How the hell was I supposed to handle this? Did I tell her? Did I keep it to myself?
I wasn’t positive it was her, but I was pretty sure. If it wasn’t her, I had zero guesses. Hell, I had zero guesses before, but after meeting her, it made sense.
It had to be her.
TooBusy
Are you still there? I wasn’t trying to make things weird. If you’re not interested, I understand.
DirtyLife
No! I’m interested.
I’m definitely interested.
I just don’t have a lot of time for lunch.
A definite lie, but I couldn’t tell her I owned my own business and could do whatever I wanted.
DirtyLife
Are you available on Saturday?
TooBusy
Sorry. I have my daughter home all weekend.
DirtyLife
Crap. Okay. We will figure something out eventually. Don’t give up on me, okay?
TooBusy
I won’t if you don’t. But if you have plans with anyone else, I can’t ask you to wait until I’m free.
DirtyLife
No plans with anyone else.
At least I was telling the truth about that. The only one I had any plans with was her. Flirting lessons in person and with her as my match once I figured out how to make this work. The more I thought about it, the surer I was that TooBusy was Casey.
DirtyLife
What’s your favorite thing to do with your daughter?
TooBusy
Anything I get to do with her is nice. She’s getting to the age where she’s not as interested in being around me. We’ve always liked picking out pumpkins in the fall. We didn’t do it last year, but this year, I think we’re going to do it again.
DirtyLife
Are you a pumpkin spice person?
TooBusy
LOL! No! I love pumpkin pie, but I’m not a pumpkin drink person. Give me a regular coffee with a little cream and sugar, and I’m good to go.
