Page 37 of Live for Me

Seemed very much like something Memphis would be interested in.

Should’ve seen that coming a mile away.

Me

Pick you up for a date, huh?

Are you asking me out, Memphis?

I sat there and laughed out loud at those bubbles when they popped up and disappeared over and over again that time.

Memphis

No.

That is not at all what I meant. I was trying to call you insane for offering anything.

Me

Is that your favorite movie? Say Anything?

Where the fuck was I going to get a boombox? And now I was going to need to do some searching for whatever song Lloyd played from it.

Memphis

An absurd teenage love story from the 80s as a favorite?

Don’t be ridiculous.

The Princess Bride.

Me

So…just a different absurd love story from the 80s as a favorite?

INCONCEIVABLE.

I laughed again when a different message came through.

Indy

And now she’s in love with you. Well fucking played, hoss.

Might’ve complicated things on the work front because I definitely lost all hearing in my right ear from the squeal that came out of her just now.

I went back to the chat with Memphis.

Memphis

You should be sleeping.

Me

If you say so, boss.

She really wasn’t wrong. Nothing but driving all day and what was pretty much guaranteed to be a difficult day tomorrow required rest.

I checked my phone one more time before I actually tried to sleep and found myself staring at a picture that Indy sent. A picture of Memphis at the opposite end of the couch from where Indy was, smiling down at the phone in her hands.

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