“Good. You’re in the clinic on Monday, right?”
“Yeah,” he confirmed. “Long time to wait to see you. You wanna come here tomorrow for dinner?”
“Um, I don’t know if that would be a good idea.”
“Can’t get to know each other if we don’t see each other.”
“Are Connor and Maisie okay with me coming over?”
“Yeah.”
“Did you ask them?”
He chuckled again. “I don’t need to ask them. They’re good.”
“I don’t want to intrude.”
“Six?”
“Gio, I want you to ask them and then I will let you know,” I stressed.
“Hold on.” I heard him swear, then the phone went silent for a few seconds.
I thought he might have hung up on me, but I glanced at the screen, and we were still connected, so I deduced he must have muted me.
“I’m back,” he said. “Maisie said you’re welcome fordinner.”
“You didn’t wake her to ask her that, did you?”
“No. She and, ah, Connor are night owls.”
I bit my lip. “Okay, that sounds really nice. I’m not off until five, though, so is six-thirty okay?”
“Yeah, that’ll be fine.”
“What am I going to do with you?” I wondered out loud.
“You’re gonna get to know me and have a blast doin’ it,” he retorted.
“I hope you’re right.”
“I’m always right.”
I laughed. “Oh, really?”
“Absolutely. The sooner you figure that out, the happier you’ll be.”
“Good to know.”
“You feelin’ better?”
I grinned. “I am, actually.”
“Glad to hear it.”
“Is it okay that I called?” I asked.
“Yeah, of course. If you need to call me back, you call me back, okay?”
