The Foxe & the Hound by R.S. Grey
Author:R.S. Grey [Grey, R.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-31T16:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
ADAM
âAdam, we would have invited a mannequin to lunch had we known youâd be this quiet.â
I glance up from my untouched turkey sandwich and find my mom and Kathy eyeing me suspiciously, waiting for my reply.
âOh, yeah. Sorry,â I say, shrugging off their concern.
Itâs been a few days since my incident with Madeleine at the YMCA, and she hasnât replied to my phone calls or text messages. The tables are reversed, and I donât like it.
This morning, I was summoned to lunch by my mom and Kathy, and I couldnât turn them down. I donât have room in my schedule for another impromptu appointment courtesy of my mom and a stuffed bird.
Weâre eating at a deli down on Main Street, just across from Madeleineâs real estate agency. I didnât pick the restaurant, but I did pick my seat at the table, facing out, toward the agency. Weâve been here for thirty minutes and I havenât seen Madeleine once. She must be eating at her desk or out with a client.
âIf itâs nothing, then why arenât you eating?â my mom asks. âIâm almost finished.â
To prove her wrong, I pick up my sandwich and take a massive bite.
âAlrighty then.â Kathy laughs. âDiane, did I tell you I saw Madeleine at the grocery store the other day?â
I pretend to be enthralled by my sandwich.
âOh? No, you didnât.â
Kathy nods. âYeah, just for a second. We were both about to check out, but she stopped and struck up a conversation with me. I half expected her not to remember me since she and Adam werenât at the barbecue that long.â
My mom hums. âSheâs such a nice girl.â
âSo nice.â
It doesnât feel like theyâre trying to get under my skin, and yet they are.
âCan we talk about something else?â
My mom laughs. âSure. Why donât you come up with something to talk about?â
âHow are the girls?â I ask Kathy, knowing exactly what Iâm doing.
Kathy is obsessed with her daughters, and sheâll talk about them nonstop if you get her started; itâs a tool Iâve used quite a few times at awkward family dinners when my mom is intent on aiming the focus on me and my life.
âOh theyâre good! Did I tell you Allie lost another tooth?â
For the next thirty minutes, I tune them out and slink back into my thoughts about Madeleine. I know I screwed up last week. From the beginning, I knew Madeleine was someone I could be interested in, so I did my best to respect that. I tried to be polite and distant. Obviously I had moments of weakness, but nothing as terrible as what I did to her in that gymnasium.
I was trying to do the right thing. I was so sure that turning her down and explaining that I wasnât ready to date was the gentlemanly course of action, but then why did it feel like the exact opposite? Seeing her expression when I turned her down for a date broke something inside of me. She looked so defeated, so utterly embarrassed.
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