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grinned as I peered down at my phone,
and thumbed through my contacts to ‘Patrick Kelly’. I
offered my other hand to Sarah, who took my hand only to use it to
twirl herself around, again and again.
    “Hey there,” Patrick
answered in a low voice. I could almost hear his smile when he said,
“I knew it was you because ‘Sexy mom’ popped up on
my screen.
    “Ha,” I said, turning away
from where Amy hastened ahead to Peter.
    “So, I’ve been meaning to
ask you… do you and Sarah like steak?”
    “We love steak,” I said.
    “Good, because we already have a
couple steaks on the grill. You ladies heading our way?”
Patrick asked.
    “Yeah, we are. So… weird
coincidence, I think you know my sister and her husband.”
    “Really?”
    “Yeah, Amy and Peter Smithson?
They’re members, or whatever, at the same country club as you.”
    “Oh.” The cheerful tone had
disappeared. After a short stretch of silence, he said, “Bring
them along. It’ll be great to see them, too. We’ve got
plenty of food.”
    I paused, confused by his hesitation.
“Are you sure? Because we can totally sit this one out.”
Sarah finally got dizzy twirling around my hand and I grabbed her
with one arm, holding her weight.
    “No, really, that’s the
opposite of what I want. I’m sorry. The grill distracted me.
Please, come. And bring them too, it’ll be great.”
    “If you’re sure. Is there
anything we can bring?”
    “Just yourselves,” Patrick
said.
    Sarah broke away from me and I spun
round to see her running over to where Amy and Peter were deep in
conversation. When they both turned to her, I turned back and said,
“Okay, but if you think of anything, just text—oh, shoot!
Are the kids in the pool? I completely forgot to bring Sarah’s
swimsuit. I might have to take a quick trip home and be there a
little later,” I said.
    “No problem, Sarah can wear one
of Kay’s,” Patrick said.
    “Are you sure?”
    “Yeah,” he said.
    “Okay, that works, thanks. Are
you going swimming?”
    “I will if you do,” Patrick
said, the smile returning to his voice.
    I breathed out a laugh. “Probably
not tonight,” I said.
    “Alright then, I’ll see you
real soon,” he said.
    “Yeah, soon,” I said before
hanging up.
    When I walked up to my group, Peter
immediately turned to me. “What did he say?” he asked,
his gaze intent on mine.
    “He said you guys are welcome to
come. He’s got plenty of food and we just have to bring
ourselves,” I shrugged.
    Amy stepped toward me, lips pursed and
said in a low voice, “Peter wants to run by a liquor store to
pick up a host present, but I was thinking I could go with you and
watch Sarah while you get ready.”
    “I’m ready,” I said,
then following her gaze, I glanced down at my ripped jeans and ‘The
Rolling Stones US Tour T-shirt’. “This is what I’m
wearing. Did you guys want to grab your suits?”
    Amy frowned. “No, definitely not.
How about you follow us to the liquor store, then we’ll follow
you to Patrick Kelly’s house.”
    “You probably know the way better
than I do,” I said.
    Amy shrugged. “Either way. Would
you mind texting me his address?” she asked.
    “Sure.” I scrolled up to
the text and forwarding it to her.
    “Well, let’s not waste any
more time,” Peter said, glancing at his watch.
    Sarah did a cartwheel as we walked
through the lobby toward the exit.
    “Sarah, don’t do that,”
Amy said in a low voice with a hand to her chest. “There are a
lot of people around.”
    “Not here, angel,” I said,
rushing forward and grabbing her hand. “Did you know we’re
going to Kay’s house to go swimming?”
    Sarah jumped up and down and squealed.
Then she asked, “Do you want to go swimming in the pool, Mom?”
    “Probably not tonight. How about
you, do you want to go swimming?”
    “Yes!” she shouted.
    “Well, you definitely can. Let’s
get to the car,” I said. When I looked up, Amy and Peter had
already left the lobby and