“Not in the least. He’s adjusting.” Adil looked right at Phineas and tilted Juniper’s chin and kissed her on the mouth. “Let’s make him adjust a whole lot
Let’s Go Home
“Phineas,” Juniper whined his name as he dragged her from the club. “I want to dance some more.’
“But I gave you a choice, sweetheart,” he laughed at drunken pouting. “One more drink or a few more dances and you chose the drink because you were thirsty, and you didn’t want water. Now you’re barely able to stand upright and Suki isn’t in any better condition than you. In fact, I’m quite concerned she will puke in Beni’s car.
“I never puke,” Suki exclaimed holding up a finger.
“There are firsts for everything Suki,”
Phineas laughed as he escorted her to where Beni was bringing the car around.
“Where is Adil?” Juniper suddenly shrieked.
“I’m right here, baby girl. I was collecting our things from the VIP room. I grabbed your purses and phones.”
“Adil, do you have a brother?” Suki asked suddenly.
“I’m one of a kind, unfortunately Suki but I have loads of friends if you want some matchmaking.”
“You would set me up with your friends?”
“Absolutely. You’re a lot of fun.”
Let’s Go Home
“I can be serious!” Suki said blinkingly. “I am an investment banker. I know how to be serious.”
“How are you a banker and yet went away for months?” Phineas asked. “Don’t investors usually work themselves into ulcers?” He gave Adil a pointed look. “Adil’s father had two heart attacks before he was fifty.”
“I quit my job,” she shrugged. “I banked a lot of money and then quit to explore my personal life. I wanted to see the world a bit and to meet the guy I’d been talking to online for a year. I really thought I loved him, and he loved me and then when
I got there and saw him in person, the connection I was feeling in all our video
Let’s Go Home chats and texts and emails evaporated.” She stomped a foot, “he showed up to pick me up at Heathrow wearing track pants and running shoes. He didn’t even shower. He said he’d worked late and then barely got any sleep and needed to get me but it’s not like he didn’t know for six weeks ahead of time when I was coming. He could have adjusted his schedule.” She pursed her lips and muttered “asshole.”
“He was an asshole,” Adil hugged Suki to his side. “I will make it my personal mission to help you find love since you’re helping our girl Juniper find love.”
“Thank you Adil.”
“Do you know who I think she’d be good with?” Phineas asked Adil.
“Who?”
“Friar Tuck.”
The two women exchanged confused glances, “who?”
“There was a guy we went to grade school and college with. He’s a bigger guy, like the size of a small bus.”
“He’s fat?”
“He is round for sure,” Phineas grinned at her, “but his heart is bigger than he is. He’s kind and funny and very rich. He has the best laugh. Every time we go out, Adil can get him laughing and he’ll laugh until tears come streaming down his face. He’s one of my favorite people on the planet.”
“What does he do?”
“College professor at the University of Toronto. Microbiology. Nicest guy I ever met.
“Why is he not part of your social circle?” Suki narrowed her gaze, “what’s wrong with him?”
“I just said every time we go out Adil gets him laughing. We’re not as tight as me, Beni and Adil are, but we still hang out. We met up a couple weeks ago to go to a movie.’
“You go to movies?” Suki’s lips pulled back in surprise. “What did you go watch?”
“The latest Mission Impossible movie. It was alright.”
“I can’t picture you doing something like sitting in a theatre eating popcorn.”
“He orders an extra-large popcorn and doesn’t share, and he dumps those packets of dill pickle seasoning in it to make sure we aren’t tempted to try to steal some,” Adil complained. “I agree though. I think Frank would be a good match for Suki. We should set it up.”
“Why doesn’t he already have a girlfriend?”
“She died.” Phineas deadpanned.
“What?”
“Fine. We wished she would die.” Phineas sighed dramatically. “He brought her to my wedding a year ago and he caught her fucking one of the guests from Denise’s side of the family. We found out a couple days later. He was devastated. He really loved her.”
“He said nice guys always finish last, but he hasn’t dated since. She did a number on him. He’s been talking lately about getting back out there.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.