章節 13: Chapter 13

“Can I come in?” Alex asked.

I let him into the house and he immediately apologized again for last night. “I was a total dick, I know, and I’m sorry. I really wasn’t trying to insult you. I was just trying to be funny. I wanted to make a good impression on you and I blew it.”

I thought for sure a joke was coming after “blew it,” but none did. Maybe he hadlearned his lesson.

“I was really nervous to meet you,” Alex admitted, “and it just came off the wrong way.”

“Why were younervous to meet me?”

“Because Evelyn talks about you like you’re the Second Coming.”

That made me laugh. My mother was good at singing my praises publicly while admonishing me privately. “Yeah, well Evelyn has a tendency to exaggerate sometimes.”

“So, am I forgiven?”