“Thirteen years?!”
Harlow chuckled and said, “We don’t have to talk about that here. I’d suggest we just go somewhere now, but I want to do this right, Larissa. I want to pick you up at the front door and take you somewhere nice.”
“That’ll be hard because you live at my house,” Larissa teased. “And, Harlow?”
“Yeah?”
“I don’t want to wait until you’ve moved into your new apartment for us to go out.”
“Okay. Tomorrow night, then?”
“Tomorrow night,” Larissa confirmed with a smile.
CHAPTER 27
“Want to come over for dinner tonight? Junior told me you wanted to hang out. His words, by the way,” Aggie said.
Larissa had the phone she’d just answered on speaker, and it was lying on her bed, as were the three possible outfits for her date with Harlow tonight.
“Um… I can’t.”
“Are you busy? You’re never busy.”
“I just told him he could come overheresometime. He wanted to ride his bike.”
“Fourteen miles?”
“I know.” Larissa laughed. “And Iambusy tonight, so I can’t, but another time.”
“Tomorrow night? Henry has a work thing, so it would just be you, me, and the boys.”
“I… don’t know. Maybe. Can I let you know?”
“Why are you being so weird right now?”
“I’m not being weird.”
“Yes, you are. You’re being cagey.”
“Cagey? I’m not cagey.”
“Yes, you are,” Aggie argued. “Larissa Louise, what are you doing tonight that you are barely able to focus on this not-at-all-important phone call with your sister?”
“I’m trying to get ready for… a date.”
“A date? With that Janine woman from your work?”
“No, it’s with someone else,” she said and couldn’t stop herself from smiling.
“Larissa Louise Hanson, you better not be messing with me right now. Are you going on a date with her? I mean arealdate, where one of you asked the other using the worddate, and there will be a real meal out somewhere, hand-holding, and maybe more?”
Larissa smiled wider and said, “Yes.”
“You told her? You really told her? When?”
“Not exactly. Last night.”
“Not exactly?”
