Chapter 17

Jamie didn’t know what to say.

“Do you think you will?” Sofia pressed.

“I don’t know, Sofia,” he said honestly.

“But do you want to?”

Jamie’s face flamed up instantly. “Uh, well, these things aren’t that simple, Sofia. We haven’t been together that long.”

Or lived together yet, Jamie thought.

Not that he hadn’t tried to initiate that, but now he wasn’t sure if Luke wanted to or not.

“How long have you been together?” Sofia asked. “My friend’s dad proposed to his partner after one month. They’re getting married soon and I’m going to the wedding!”

“That’s great.” Jamie forced a smile to his face. “Hey, you want a milkshake? They got milkshakes here. Let’s go choose one.”

Sofia was successfully distracted by the prospect of a milkshake, and Jamie took her up to the counter.

As the milkshake was being made, Jamie figured he’d better have loads more distractions up his sleeve if he was going to survive a few hours of interrogation with a plucky eight year old.