Page 75 of Wish I Might
Nash glanced down at his T-shirt and shorts.“The ones who work from home.The ones in the office wear suits, poor bastards.”
“Isn’t that you today?I thought you were going in for the AC.”
“I will if it’s not fixed by tomorrow.”He frowned.“Which means I’ll have to dig out my suit.”
“Suit?”she queried.“Singular?”
“Why would a man have more than one suit?”
“I have no idea,” she said drily.“So you’re planning to sweat through your Zoom meetings today?”
He shook his head.“I took the day off.”
Her belly did a quick little jig.“Any special reason?”
“Merry-Go-Round Museum.”
She rolled her eyes.“I should’ve known.”
“I like museums,” he said defensively.
“Oh, I’m aware,” she drawled.“I’m the one who spent spring break waiting for you in the Smithsonian.”
“You’re the one who wanted to go to DC,” he pointed out.
“For the cherry blossoms,” she reminded him.“For the theatre, the nightlife.”
“Museums have nightlife,” he protested, and grinned when she snorted.“Okay, that might be a stretch.”
“Where is this merry-go-round museum?”
“In Sandusky.”
Her eyes lit up.“Ooh, Cedar Point.”
“Not on my agenda,” he said firmly.
She shook her head sadly.“You never want to have any fun, Nash.”
“Roller coasters make me puke, Bailey.How is that fun?”
“Fair point.”She sipped her coffee as nostalgia swamped her.“I haven’t been to Cedar Point in years.”
“Why not?You love that place.”
She shrugged.“I get busy, and by the time I have time, the season’s over.”
“Go today.”
“What?”
“Ditch work and go today.Come on, Bay, what’s the point of owning your own business if you can’t do what you want?”
“I can’t ditchbecauseit’s my business,” she told him impatiently.“Employees rely on me, and clients don’t like last minute cancellations.”
“So, tell them you had an emergency.”
Genuinely aghast, she shook her head.“That’s just asking the universe to give you a real emergency.”
