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CHAPTER FIFTEEN

PAIGE: Good Morning, Sunshine! Where are you? Because I’m pretty sure we have a standing coffee date every Saturday morning and you are nowhere to be found.

PAIGE: Etta.

PAIGE: …………

PAIGE: Do I need to send out a search party?

ETTA: Shoot. I lost track of time. I’m just leaving Ford’s. This man has more shoes than a department store.

PAIGE: Oooooh another morning at the golden retrievers. Does Lodhi know you’re switching from team cat to team dog?

ETTA: Not funny. But Ford really does have a hint of those man’s best friend vibes doesn’t he?

PAIGE: So when are you going to fuck him?

ETTA: Excuse me?

PAIGE: Let me rephrase. When are you going to let that man make sweet sweet love to you?

ETTA: Not all of us like to test drive before we commit to the car.

ETTA: Also, it’s not like that.

PAIGE: He makes you breakfast. Gluten free breakfast.

ETTA: I mean, I end up cooking most of the time. Ford can’t boil water without burning something.

PAIGE: But he gets you take out from that fancy restaurant and stocks all your favorites at his place.

ETTA: Only because I’m organizing his apartment for him.

PAIGE: Because he paid off your million dollar debt.

ETTA: That his STEPbrOTHER left me with.

PAIGE: You’ve been there every few days for the last two weeks. Even I don’t see you that much, and we work for the same company.

ETTA: It doesn’t mean anything. We’re just friends.

PAIGE: Uh-huh.

PAIGE: When do I get to meet him?

ETTA: You want to meet him?

PAIGE: If you’re just friends then as your friend I’d like to meet your other platonic friend.

ETTA: hand on face emoji

ETTA: He’s leaving tonight for his first game back.

PAIGE: I’d like to point out the only reason he has a first game back is because he punched a guy in the face…for you.

ETTA: eye roll emoji I’ll see if we can figure something out when he’s back in the city.

PAIGE: I’m going to hold you to it.

ETTA: I’ll be there in ten minutes.