First Light (2002)
“The morning after her fishing trip with Brady, Zee was still unhappy and perplexed by Molly’s failure to show up for her date with him. I was more inclined to pass it off as nothing earthshaking.
“I’m always hearing about how girls suffer while they wait for boys to phone or ask them out on dates,” I said, “but guys have to put up with girls rolling their eyes and saying no thanks, or saying yes, then standing them up. It happens all the time.”
“But Molly isn’t the type to do that.”
“Every woma...n is the type. I asked you to marry me for years before you finally said yes.”
She lifted her chin. “Maybe I should have put it off longer.”
“Too late.”
“It’s never too late for a girl to go home to her mother.”
“Ha! I can just see you living with your mother.”
I had her there. “I feel sorry for Brady,” she said with a sigh.
“Brady’s a grown man,” I said. “Grown men don’t need to have people feeling sorry for them, they can feel sorry for themselves.MoreLess
“I’m always hearing about how girls suffer while they wait for boys to phone or ask them out on dates,” I said, “but guys have to put up with girls rolling their eyes and saying no thanks, or saying yes, then standing them up. It happens all the time.”
“But Molly isn’t the type to do that.”
“Every woma...n is the type. I asked you to marry me for years before you finally said yes.”
She lifted her chin. “Maybe I should have put it off longer.”
“Too late.”
“It’s never too late for a girl to go home to her mother.”
“Ha! I can just see you living with your mother.”
I had her there. “I feel sorry for Brady,” she said with a sigh.
“Brady’s a grown man,” I said. “Grown men don’t need to have people feeling sorry for them, they can feel sorry for themselves.MoreLess
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