The Backup Plan (2005)
“In fact, this was better. Back then, she’d been filled with so much cynicism about the whole event that she’d hardly enjoyed the evening. The boy she’d taken had been awkward and as immature as most eighteen-year-old boys were. He’d had sweaty palms and pimples, as she recalled.
She glanced across the table and saw that Cord was studying her curiously.
“Taking a trip down memory lane?” he asked.
“How did you know?”
“For a woman who’s trained to keep her expression neutral on the air, you really... don’t hide your emotions all that well. You looked a little sad.”
“Not sad,” she assured him. “Just thinking about my debutante ball debacle.”
“I thought that was the highlight of every little Southern girl’s life?”
“Not mine. I thought it was an absurd waste of money, but my mother insisted it was an important tradition, so I went along with it. Maggie and I were determined not to have a good time, so we invited the most inappropriate boys we could find.”MoreLess
She glanced across the table and saw that Cord was studying her curiously.
“Taking a trip down memory lane?” he asked.
“How did you know?”
“For a woman who’s trained to keep her expression neutral on the air, you really... don’t hide your emotions all that well. You looked a little sad.”
“Not sad,” she assured him. “Just thinking about my debutante ball debacle.”
“I thought that was the highlight of every little Southern girl’s life?”
“Not mine. I thought it was an absurd waste of money, but my mother insisted it was an important tradition, so I went along with it. Maggie and I were determined not to have a good time, so we invited the most inappropriate boys we could find.”MoreLess
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