45

“You have a girlfriend? I thought you said you didn’t?” Monica scoffs.

I shrugged, “I didn’t when you asked. It’s a new thing. We started dating this past week. I’ve liked her for a while, but just got brave enough to go for it when I saw other men were interested in her too.”

She scrunches her face, tilting her head while thinking. “Wait. Is it that one girl? The one you said was dating Chris?”

I said nothing. I didn’t tell her Missy was dating Chris. That was Britt, but I didn’t deny it either. I don’t want to call my sister a liar in front of my ex.

“Wow, she making her way through all the decent men in this town?” she huffs, crossing her arms.

I glared down at her at the hypocritical and untrue statement. “No. She never dated Chris, but Chris tried. She is not that kind of woman.”

She scoffs at me. “So you have some other woman lined up to play mother to my daughter?”

Hailey was momentarily distracted while looking at a booth with homemade candies, cookies and other sweets, but