Veronica “Wait…what?” I asked as I stared at Conrad and Callum. “Um…surprise?” Conrad tried but I shook my head, I wasn’t buying it. “No, a surprise is something good. This doesn’t sound very good,” I argued. “I knew I should have gone with you two for dinner,” “I have a feeling that wouldn’t have gone any better,” Callum muttered, and I shot him a dirty look. “Sorry, Veronica, but there is very little Conrad, and I wouldn’t do for our family,” “Hmm,” I wasn’t sure how to respond to that. On the one hand, I understood perfectly. On the other hand, their mother had told them to reject me. More or less. “So, coffee?” “She’ll find you, Ronnie,” Conrad said, but I didn’t like the sound of that either. I would need reinforcements and that meant my own mother. “She doesn’t understand,” Co