Page 62 of A Doctor for Daisy

“Thanks, Theo. She really is. I’ll keep you posted.”

She hung up the phone after and decided to go to work too.

A hot guy that not only understood her but cared about her friends. Guess that meant Theo cared about her too.

No reason to worry about her relationship failing now. If it did, then it wasn’t because she picked a loser again because, though she busted on Theo being perfect, he was perfect for her.

22

Forever Guys

“Morning,” she said to Heather on Saturday. Today was the day. She was letting her best friend know she was in a relationship and she was going to stay the night at Theo’s for the first time too.

There shouldn’t be butterflies in her belly, but there was a swarm right now and they were damn close to forming a cyclone.

“Morning,” Heather said. “Here is your coffee. I heard you moving around and I know you’ve got to go to work. You’re up earlier than I thought.”

The store didn’t open until nine, it was seven now. She tried to sleep in a bit more if she could, but she knew she’d catch Heather before she went about her day.

“I thought we could talk,” Daisy said.

“About what?” Heather asked. “I told you the other night things were good with Luke now. I mean he’s a work in progress, but aren’t all men? We are getting there, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to move out.”

She hadn’t brought it up again, but she knew it was weighing on Heather too. It might be weighing on her, but her brain couldn’t process things more than it needed to when she was stressed.

And though she tried not to be stressed too much in life, she really shouldn’t have waited as long as she had to tell Heather.

“I know,” Daisy said. “It’s not that. I wanted to tell you that I’m dating someone.”

“I know,” Heather said.

“You do?”

“I’ve suspected it for a month but figured you’d tell me if you were. I mean, I’m kind of hurt that you haven’t when you tell me everything, but there has to be a reason for it. Then the other night, when I came home, I realized after that you were dressed a little fancier than normal for work.”

She sighed. “I’m not surprised you caught that now but wouldn’t have then. Yes, I had a date, but I canceled and he was fine with it. He understood.”

“So don’t keep me in suspense,” Heather said. “Who is it and why haven’t you told me?”

Maybe this would go better than she thought. “It’s Theo.”

“Theo who?” Heather asked.

“Dr. James,” she said.

Heather’s jaw dropped, the cup of coffee stopping right before her mouth, then she set it down. “What? Really?”

“Yes,” she said.

“I don’t understand why you haven’t told me that,” Heather said. “I mean, I know him. Pretty well, all things considered. And I know you had a crush on him. It just seems like you would have told me you had a date let alonedatingsomeone. I remember when you found out about Luke, you said you’d be so upset if I was seeing someone and you couldn’t figure it out.”

“I know!” she whined. “But you’re so happy with Luke, and Jasmine and Violet and everyone else is finding their forever guys. Then there is me dating assholes. I already felt like I was out of his league and if it was only one date I didn’t want to be the loser that lost another one.”

“Don’t do that to yourself,” Heather said, frowning. “I don’t know why you do. I’ve had my fair share of loser dates and so has everyone else.”

“It’s different,” she argued. “I’ve never felt like I could measure up to most people. But this is a doctor. And then his family has a lot of money. He knows Reese. Or met him. Their fathers are members at the same country club. County club, Heather! The closest I’d get to one of them is working at it.”

“Stop,” Heather said. “I’m getting angry listening to you cut yourself down, but I’m still hurt you didn’t feel like you could tell me. I tell you everything.”

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