Beth
I had not been on a real date since before Raphael left for Italy, before his father died, before I knew that Lucy was conceived. I didn’t count family outings with Lucy and Nana Charlie as real dates. But this time, it was just Rafe and me. And I was unaccountably nervous.
Why be nervous? We were having s*x, for crying out loud! It’s not like we could get anymore intimate!
But somehow, this felt different.
I picked out a dress, which really wasn’t all that great. I’d made it myself after I left Gabe, copying some photos in a fashion magazine. I’d bought the forest-green fabric from the clearance bin at Walmart for $2.00 a yard. I liked way the color of the dress deepened the color of my hair. The style complimented my full figure, as best any style could, with a plunging necklin
