Page 46 of When Alec Met Evie
Alec
I’m wounded you have to ask.
Evie
Because my first reason is…you?
Alec
I mean, I was thinking of my stellar breakfast sandwich, but if you wanna say it’s me, I won’t complain.
Evie
I don’t know what I was thinking! OF COURSE I came all the way to North Carolina to eat your sandwiches. Not your Grape Nuts, though. Your cereal choices are very boring, Alec.
Alec
Don’t knock them until you try them.
Evie
I DID try them. I was desperate. It was very disappointing.
Alec
But have you seen their fiber content?
Evie
Mmm. Please tell me more.
Alec
You’re mocking me.
Evie
YES. I would rather get fiber from sucking on tree bark. But I love that you love them.
Alec
We’re talking about this again as soon as you turn thirty. You might feel differently.
Evie
Deal. It’s on my calendar. I will happily enjoy my Frosted Flakes until then.
CHAPTER 11
ALEC
TextingEvie definitely makes time on the road easier to bear.
The conversation we started at the beginning of the week has been going on for days, mostly just through text, but we’ve had a few phone calls too, and we’re talking about everything.
A lot about what she’s been up to in my absence. Hiring Ruth to provide daily childcare for Juno. Getting a North Carolina driver’s license. Meeting her landlord at her house to go over the list of repairs and improvements he plans to make before she moves in.
I don’t like thinking about that part—about the fact that if everything happens as planned, Evie will move out of my house within just a few days of my return. It feels selfish to grumble about it when I know she’s excited to set up her house and get settled, but hanging out with the twins without Evie around doesn’t sound nearly as much fun.
