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I know. I haven’t.

What are you wearing?

I think you’re supposed to save the questions for the date.

I just don’t want to be overdressed.

Impossible.

This conversation is very unhelpful.

I’ll make it up to you later.

There’s a ridiculous grin on my face when I lock my phone and catch my reflection in the screen. My phone buzzes again and I swipe up automatically, not realizing it isn’t Henry until I read the message.

WILL ELLINGTON

Have fun on your date

I choke on air so loudly that Joy jumps. I haven’t heard from Will since we broke up a month ago, and this is not the first message I was expecting to get from him. I mentally run through all the options, from psychic abilities to phone cloning, before eventually realizing the answer is my mom.

When she called earlier to talk to me about Thanksgiving next month, I was desperate to get her off the phone so I didn’t have to tell her I wouldn’t be coming home. I wasn’t exactly lying when I said I had to go because I was getting ready for a date.

Given my cowardice, and honestly, my desire not to have to manageother people’s feelings and reactions about my own breakup, I still haven’t told them.

WILL ELLINGTON

Have fun on your date

I will, thanks!

Not even curious about how I know?

Nope

Your mom told mine that we’re going on a date

Can’t believe you still haven’t told them about our breakup

If I think about it too hard, I’ll be upset that the first time I’ve heard from Will in weeks is because I’m going out with someone else. He hasn’t once checked in to see how I’m handling things, and even now, his attitude is weird. I shouldn’t engage… but I do.

WILL ELLINGTON

Neither have you if your mom called.

You can tell them when you introduce them to the guy that isn’t me lol

Can’t wait to meet him!

Ireallyshouldn’t engage.

WILL ELLINGTON

You already have

I put my cell phone on do not disturb so I can’t be jolted by Will’s name flashing and throw it into my purse. By the time Henry is knocking on my door there’s no telling where the weird nerves in my belly came from.

It takes all my powers not to let my jaw drop when I open the front door and spot Henry standing there in a suit and white shirt. Holy shit, he looks really good.

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