“And get the ladies,” Genesis says with a wink.
Kelsey pushes her salad to the side while I dab my mouth with my napkin, not sure how to contribute to this conversation.
All I can think of is how athletes usually don’t use the phrase “play a little sport.”
* * *
“Wow,I am so impressed with you right now, Edwin.” Genesis smiles brightly.
“Impressed with me?” Edwin says, pointing the tip of his fork at his chest. “You’re the one who’s the vice president of Mecca Tech.”
Genesis waves him off. “But you’ve changed the medical field in the best way possible.”
“What did you do?” Kelsey asks, attempting to butt into the conversation. But like every other attempt, she’s brushed off.
“I thought about you, the night I got my award,” Edwin says. “I considered calling you.”
“You should have. I would’ve answered in a flash.”
A flash, huh?
Well, she takes at least a few hours to answer my text messages.
Not sure why I divulged that deprecating information, but there you have it. Clearly, I’m not as important as Edwin.
* * *
I take a verylarge bite of my dessert as Genesis laughs so loud I feel like stuffing her half-eaten piece of bread into my ear to drown out the noise.
“The pants are in the oven, oh my God.” Genesis waves her hand in front of her face, warding off her tears of laughter.
The joke isn’t that funny.
The pants are in the oven being the punchline... honestly, I don’t even get it.
And from the looks of it, neither does Kelsey, who’s mindlessly sipping her water, looking around the ballroom.
“I knew you’d like that one,” Edwin says. “You’ve always had a great sense of humor.”
“You always know how to make me laugh,” she replies.
Jesus Christ.
Barf.
* * *
“Wait,so Christie and Matt broke up?” Genesis asks. “I thought they were meant to be together forever.”
Clearly, they weren’t.
“Christie was cheating on Matt,” Edwin says.
Ooh, now... this is some juice I can get on board with. Let’s dive into the specifics.
“What?” Genesis asks. “But she told me Matt was the best she’d ever had.”
“It was with her strength coach,” Edwin says.
