Page 90 of Fierce-Zander

They talked for ten more minutes and in the end were both laughing over her plan for Thanksgiving before Zander asked her to meet his parents.

“I bet I could have pulled it off,” she said. “No one would have been direct enough to call me out on it.”

“We should have done that for years,” Kellen said. “We could have gone out to eat and saved ourselves the trouble.”

“Always an option for the future. Wish me luck with Mom and Dad though I doubt I’ll need it.”

“They are going to be fine,” Kellen said. “Will most likely say something mundane like ‘that is nice.’ Or ‘good for you.’”

“I’m sure you’re right. I’ll text you after and fill you in.”

She hung up with her brother and called her mother first. “Good afternoon, Regan. How are you doing?”

“Well,” she said. “How have you been?”

“Busy,” her mother said. “Is work going well?”

“It is,” she said. “Busy there too.” God, what a horrible boring conversation with her mother. “I wanted to call and let you know I’m dating someone.”

“That’s wonderful to hear,” her mother said. Nope, no jump in her tone. She said it the same as she said she’d been busy.

“Yes,” she said. “He’s a great guy.”

“That’s good,” her mother said.

Not even asking Zander’s name or where they met or anything. Not surprising either.

“I’m going to spend Thanksgiving with him and his family.”

“Oh,” her mother said. “Does he have a name?”

Nowher mother was interested since a family holiday was included. “Zander Conway.”

“And what does he do?”

She told her mother what Zander did and how they met. Might as well give a little bit of information, but her mother toldher to have a nice holiday and they hung up. Not even a ten-minute call.

Her father’s call started out the same only he added, “Have you talked to your brother lately?”

“I have,” she said. “I spoke to him before I called Mom.”

“So you’re calling us all today. Is there a reason?”

“I wanted to tell you that I’m dating someone.”

“That’s nice,” her father said. She rolled her eyes. She’d pegged this perfectly.

“I’m going to spend Thanksgiving with him and his family,” she said.

“That’s good,” her father said. “Because Lori and I are going to her sister’s this year. Since I hadn’t heard from you, I just assumed you were going to be with your mother.”

She could have gotten away with not even calling her father this year. Guess she put more thought into this whole thing than she needed to.

“Then it’s all working out,” she said.

She was getting ready to hang up when her father asked, “Your mother knows about this boyfriend?”

“I told her. You’re my last call. His name is Zander.”