Covered: Part One
“Jenny said, perfectly timing her return to ruin our strange and intimate moment.
I took what appeared to be another vodka and cranberry from her and finished off the previous one. For somebody who wasn’t used to drinking, I was holding my own. At least I thought I was.
“Where are you from?” Gavin asked and took a drink of his own. A gin and tonic, Jenny had announced, she’d discovered it while researching him online.
“I was born in Belgium,” I said, “My parents were living there at the time.”
“Oh wow, Europe, how exotic,” he laughed, “how old were you when you came to Seattle?”
“We moved to Texas first, Houston, then came here when I was eight.”
“Do you have brothers or sisters?”
“Nope, I was an only child,” I replied. I inwardly cringed, knowing where this was going. Some comment or question about my parents and suddenly I went from normal to orphan girl in less than sixty seconds.
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