Page 48 of The Disasters of Dating
I chuckle.
That is your first thought? Not the president?
Poppy
Okay, that too.
But I should have known it would be that way. You’re very perceptive. It’s a fact I try to keep on the DL, but the car was named after me.
Poppy
Then my cousins were right? You’re a hundred years old?
My stomach is all kinds of jumpy and twisty. It’s like my muscles are hooked up to an electrical charge.
Actually, one hundred and three years old. But who’s counting?
Poppy
Ah, a true silver fox, huh?
More like a Silver Zephyr…
Poppy
???
That was one of the early Lincoln models.
Poppy
Ah. I suppose it’s natural that you know that. Seeing as the car was named after you.
So what do I call you?
Poppy
How about Alice? You already know that’smy Grandma’s name.
Alice and Lincoln. That sounds like a power couple if ever I heard one.
Poppy
Or just two old people. We’re a couple now? Wow! That was fast.
A couple of…friends. Were you thinking I meant we were dating? I’m not sure I want to move that fast, Alice.
Poppy
You’re putting words in my text.
Sorry, not sorry. Now for rule two.
Poppy
There’s another rule? What else is there if we aren’t sharing personal info?
I was just going to say that either of us can terminate the conversation without any explanation.
