“Oh!Lymric knows her.They have girls’ nights sometimes.”
“Cool.”
“We can double-date.”
“We’ll see.”
“Speaking of we’ll see… how about lunch?”
“Yeah.This week.I’ll call you,” I promise.
“Sweet.Talk to you later, Rune.Good luck!”
Camden hangs up, and I toss my phone onto my desk.
I can do what he says.I can treat her right.Make her fall in love with me so she never wants our dating to end.
I take a deep breath, dig Jem’s phone number out of my pocket, type it in, and hit call.
It rings twice.My palms sweat.I should have practiced what I wanted to say before I called her.The call connects, and I clear my throat.
“Hello?”
“I’m in,” I blurt out.
“I’m sorry?”
“I’m in,” I repeat.
“Sorry, who is this?”
“It’s Rune.”
“Oh!Um, great!”she says, sounding surprised.
“I’ll pick you up tonight, and we can go over the details.”
“Okay.”
“Text me your address.”
“Will do.”
“See you tonight.Six o’clock.”
“See you.”
We hang up, and a minute later she texts me with her address.I program her number into my phone, smiling when I add a strawberry emoji next to it.
My phone rings again, startling me, and I almost drop the dang thing.I frown when I see Trevor, the owner of the lumberyard and my boss, calling me.
I hate the guy.He ran this place into the ground before I took over.He’s a gambling addict who’s getting up there in years.
“Hello?”I answer.
“Rune!It’s good to hear from you.”
I want to remind him that he called me, but I bite my tongue.