Page 16 of Summer Swoon

“I was looking for a change. Pop and I had mostly a long-distance relationship and I thought it was a good time to fix that.”

“How old were you?”

“Twenty-one.”

“So you’re thirty-three?”

I nodded.

Her eyes shifted up and she shook her head.

“That’s kind of what I thought, but I hoped I was wrong.”

“Is that bad?”

“It’s not great,” she said around a chuckle.

“Why?”

“I’m forty-two.”

I assumed she was around my age. Either way, I don’t know why it matters and said so.

Eve placed her fork on her plate and leaned forward, resting her forearm against the table.

“I’m nine years older than you.”

“I did that math in my head too. I just don’t know why it’s an issue.” Before she could answer, I continued. “I like you and I’d like to get to know you better.”

The waitress approached to clear our plates before I could say more. Besides, there are other things we need to discuss, but we don’t have to do it all tonight. Hopefully we have the whole summer.