Page 29 of October
“Honestly, if I were with India at Christmas or not.”
“Ah.”
“Yeah. She wanted to be with her family for the holidays, and, well, my sister doesn’t really like her all that much, so that was a problem, too. I’m hoping to see her this year.”
“December is two months away,” Molly noted.
“So?”
“Nothing.” She shook her head.
“No. What did you mean by that?”
“Just that you two could end up getting back together by then,” she said.
“Molly, I’m not–”
“Molly?”
Molly looked up and saw Ava standing there.
“Ava, hi. What are you doing here?”
“Um… I’m on a date, actually. It’s a first date. She just went to the bathroom, and I noticed you over here. I wanted to say hello, but I don’t want to interrupt.”
“No, it’s okay. This is my friend, Finley, from work. We went to the Saints’ game today and came here to grab some food.”
“Hi. Ava.”
Ava held out her hand to Finley, who shook it.
“Yeah, hi. Finley,” she replied.
“Well, I should get back to my table. She’ll probably be out soon, and I need to plan my exit.”
“Exit?” Molly asked.
“She’s a little too clingy for a first date. I made it clear in my dating profile that I’m not interested in sex on a first date to try to get the women who just want to hook up to avoid me, but I don’t think she got the memo.”
“No?”
“No,” Ava said. “Since you’re here, though, is there a chance you could give me an out call in, like, three minutes? Just call my phone, and I’ll pretend that there’s an emergency and I have to go.”
“Oh,” Molly uttered and looked at Finley for some reason. “Sure. I can do that.”
“What are you doing over here?”
Ava’s eyes widened at the voice coming from behind her. The woman walked up next to her and smiled a fake smile in Molly’s direction.
“Hi,” she said.
“Hi,” Molly replied.
“This is my friend, Molly. I saw her here and wanted to say hi.”
“Oh, cool. Hi. I’m Michelle.”
“Molly. And this is Finley,” she said, motioning to Finley with an open palm.
