SWEET SPOT
I didn’t want to do that again over something this small.
Lia, still smiling, turned toward Nora before I could decide what to say. “Why? Do you want me and your brother to date?”
Nora’s eyes widened slightly with interest. “Are you two not already dating?”
Lia glanced sideways at me. Her smile shifted into something a little softer, a little more deliberate, the kind that meant she was choosing her words carefully and enjoying doing so.
“Not really,” she said. Then, still looking at me with that expression, she added quietly, “Or should I say… not yet?”