Chapter 22

After Arec left her place, Eve picked up her phone and sent a text to Linda.

“Hey, girl,” she wrote. “What are you doing tonight? Wanna catch a movie with me?”

Setting the phone down, she sat on the couch and smiled, thinking about the night before. Her eyes settled on the bouquet of flowers she’d set on the end table before she and Arec went into her bedroom, and she reached for them.

Before she touched them, her phone buzzed, letting her know she’d received a text.

Looking at her phone, she saw Linda had responded to her.

Opening the text, she read, “I don’t have any plans tonight, so I’d love to go to the movies with you! How about we see that new Mike Hanson movie? You know how much I love that guy!”

Eve smiled and shook her head.

“It’s amazing how well I know you, Linda,” she said as she hit the reply button.

“That was my exact thought,” Eve typed. “I had a feeling you’d want to see that movie. Did you want to meet at the theater?”

While she waited for Linda to res