That cracked me up. “Figures that’s where you came from.”
She placed her hand on my cheek. Just when I’d closed my eyes to savor her touch, she moved away. “I’m gonna go get showered and change. What time should I meet you for dinner?”
I looked down at my phone. It was five PM. A little early for dinner, but I didn’t want to spend too much time away from her. The addiction was real. “Can you be ready in a half hour?”
“Early-bird special, huh? That’s age appropriate for you.” She winked.
“Actually, wiseass, we can meet for drinks before dinner.”
She raised her hands to make quotation marks. “Drinks.”
I felt bad for policing her life. “If you decide to use your fake ID tonight, I won’t stop you. But I didn’t see anything.”
“Ohhhh, letting loose, are we, Tate?”
“I didn’t say I condone it. I just said I won’t snitch on you.”
She chuckled and rolled her eyes. “How nice.”
I winked. “Go get changed, pain in my ass.”
***
When I got down to the restaurant, I snagged a table and messaged her through the hookup app that I’d be waiting for her.
Fifteen minutes later, and she still hadn’t shown up. But unfortunately, someone I recognized did.
Shit. Langley Munson.
Langley’s parents were friends with my mother and father. She and her family had frequented the resort over the years. Langley and I used to hook up when we were younger, but I hadn’t seen her in ages. My mother had told me she’d gotten divorced and was on the prowl again.
She’d already spotted me, so I couldn’t pretend I hadn’t seen her.
Langley approached my table. “Well, well, well. How long has it been?”
I cleared my throat. “Langley,good to see you.”
“Did you just arrive?” she asked.
“No. I’ve been here since last weekend. Leaving Saturday, actually.”
“Did you come here alone?”
While I hadn’t felt alone for a while, the only correct answer was, “I did.”
“Well, basically me too. I’m here with my parents. They’re around somewhere. I tried to lose them.” She laughed.
I looked over her shoulder to see if Doris-Delores had arrived. “How are your parents doing?”
“They’re great. They’re probably playing around in the casino right now. You know how old people like to gamble.”
“Right...” I craned my neck to see behind her.
She pulled up a chair and moved it uncomfortably close to mine. “Do you still come here a lot?” she asked.
“It’s been several years, actually.”
“How lucky to have run into you, then. This is our first time out this year.”
