I’m beginning to accept the fact that I’m not an office girl. I guess I’m so used to traveling around with Coop and Tito, that I haven’t spent much time sitting at a desk. I’ve never looked so forward to changing my clothes and having an early girls’ night with my sisters as much as I do today. I need the mental break and the change of atmosphere.
“I love this restaurant. How did you find it?”
“It’s one of myfind a manspots. They have live music on Thursdays.”
“Of course.”
“So, how’s our future niece or nephew doing in there?” I ask.
Carla pats her swelling stomach.
“I think he’s hungry.”
“That’s the first time you called the baby a he.”
“I just have a feeling lately that it’s a boy.”
“You have a feeling, or did you sneak and get the ultrasound done?”
“I assure you it’s just a feeling. Dexter would kill me if I tried to find out the sex of the baby.”
I do my best to hold my tongue when it comes to my sister’s husband. He’s a handsome man but a bit too controlling and opinionated for my taste. Monica on the other hand doesn’t hold her tongue and checks him on a lot of stuff better than I ever could. I think he might be frightened of her.
“So, what’s work like now that the new girl has started? Is your decision to go feeling a lot more real now?”
“Yep.”
I start twisting my mother’s ring around my finger while Carla stares at me thoughtfully.
“So she’s working out?”
“Yeah, I think Coop likes her.”
“Is she nice?”
“Uh-huh. Practically a saint.”
Carla and Monica give each other a look.
“Is she pretty?”
“What does that matter?”
“It doesn’t, I was just wondering.”
“Yeah, she’s pretty.”
“You think Coop might be attracted to her?”
“What does that matter, Monica?”
I respond a little too harshly but neither one of my sisters even bats an eye. They just sit and wait for me to insert my own foot in my mouth.
“I mean she’s definitely pretty, nice body, great disposition, but I don’t think he likes her inthatway. He’s seeing someone, and Coop doesn’t do that.”
“Doesn’t do what? Look at a pretty woman?”
The two of them laugh.
