““You haven’t met someone. Not a real, good someone anyway. Unless . . . Did you really hook up with Kelsey in Portland?” “Not your business, kid,” he said. “But no.” “You seem to like her a lot.” “She’s . . . nice.” And I’m stuck with her. And he still hadn’t figured out quite how to handle it. He needed to handle it. Fix it. “Maybe you could ask her out.” “You’re cute.” She frowned. “That’s patronizing.””
![“[Lena] “You’re asking me on a date?” From the corner of his eye, he could see the bartender listening and not pretending not to. The kid barely looked old enough to be out of college— hell, high school. Tuning the kid out of his mind, he focused on Lena. “Yeah, I’m asking you on a date. At least…” quote by Shiloh Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7dc/shiloh-walker-18026_communication_lena-you-re-asking-me-on-a-date-from-the_1111991.jpg)
