Tod nodded for me.
I stil wasn’t ready to ful y commit to the boyfriend thing, I’d said it once and once was enough.
“Who told on me now?” I asked, flipping open the phone.
“Half a dozen you could choose from,” Indy said.
My life sucked.
“Hel o?” I said into the phone.
My opening was greeted with silence.
“Eddie?” I asked when the silence went prolonged.
“You sure you want to stick with this boring tactic? Gotta tel you, Chiquita, it seriously isn’t workin’.” Wonderful.
“Lee phoned you,” I said.
“Lee, Hank, Duke not to mention Mace and half a dozen cops who heard it on the grapevine and wanted to determine the commitment level of our relationship.” I blinked at the table. “Pardon?” I asked.
“For the record, I made it clear our commitment level is in the red zone,” he said.
Dear Lord.
“We’ve only had one date,” I replied.
Silence.
Then some muttering in Spanish and final y, “We gotta have another chat?”
No!
No more chats.
“I think I got it,” I told him.
“I hope so Chiquita, if you don’t, you wil ,” he said quietly.
Eek!
“I got it.”
“Shit, you’re kil in’ me,” he sounded frustrated.
I felt bad for him but I didn’t know how to help. Helping him would be putting myself out there and I felt plenty out there already.
I decided to change the subject, “My sister’s in town.”
“Yeah, heard that too. I’d like to meet her but I’m caught up in something and need to work late tonight. I’l pick you up from Tex’s.”
I looked around the table. Everyone was staring at me.
“Actual y, I’m going out tonight with Indy, Tod, Lottie and Daisy. I’l probably be out late.”
That’s al I shared, he could guess the rest.
More silence.