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Why did Kelly seem so angry?
"Is everything okay, sweetie? I thought we agreed that 10:00 pm would be our new call time," I said using my best damage control voice.
What happened between last night and today?
"First of all, should you be calling me sweetie when you have a girlfriend?" she asked with veiled hostility.
"Kelly, I'm confused. Why do you think I have a girlfriend? You're the only person I've been with other than Maggie since 2002. Who told you I had a girlfriend?"
"Well, it just so happens that I saw one of the moms from school today. You know Trish Samson, right? Tall, blonde and beautiful. According to her, tonight you guys were making it ‘official.'"
"Trish Samson told you that?" How dare she try to say we were something more than friendly acquaintances, especially when the only time I saw her was when our parents shared a table at the country club's fundraisers.
"So, you admit it!" she said, her voice full of accusation.
Damn, she was feisty when she was mad.
"All I admit is that I know her casually, but Kelly I have never even dated Trish."
"So, you didn't have dinner with her tonight?" she asked with a sigh of relief.
"Tonight, I had dinner with a group of my parents' friends. Every couple of months they hold a fundraiser at their local country club, and Trish 's parents always attend with her in tow. But besides being placed next to her at the table by the fundraiser coordinator, I had little to do with her throughout the whole night and spent most of my time talking with my dad about hunting season."
Silence. Did she hang up?
"Kelly?"
"I'm here," she said meekly.
"I would never have been intimate with you if I had interest in anyone else. What you and I have is so special, that there is no way I would risk a possibility of us by dating a bitchy debutante like Trish Samson."
"So, you're not dating anyone else?" Kelly asked.
"I am not dating anyone else, nor do I plan to. If I do it will be because you have sent me packing."
Eliciting a soft laugh due to my comment, she replied, "Same for me."
"Kelly, if you were here right now, we would be having insanely fulfilling make-up sex. Who knew my sweet Kelly could be so feisty?"
"Well, we are still getting to know each other. I've been told in the past that my voice can get quite scary when I'm angry."