Delay was definitely a good idea. Better yet, she’d tell him to expect her if she showed up, and not if she didn’t.
“Yes.”
“Oh, you knew about stainless? Weird, huh?”
“No, I mean, yes, I’ll be there. And no, I thought stainless was, well, stainless.” That wasn’t what she’d meant to say. All her standoffish thoughts were careening together to make her voice silky in a way that sounded nothing like her and a lot like someone with much more confidence.
“Really?” Russell’s voice practically squeaked in surprise.
“I’d love to. See you then.”
She pressed the hangup button before her mouth could invite him up to the condo which had a great view of the fireworks.
Still clenching the cordless phone, like the lifeline to a woman lost overboard, she staggered up to the glass door to her balcon
