“What? Don’t look at me like that. I know the only reason you are crying now is because you’re thinking about all the money you’ll have to spend. Or am I wrong?”
Well, he did get me there. Tim did always say that I was too frugal for my own good.
“I just don’t think I’m ready for this yet. It all seemed so easy when I was younger, but now that I’m thirty-six, it just feels so surreal to be alone. It’s like I don’t know where to begin my life now. I do know that maybe all the makeovers and app chats might be a bit too soon.”
“Okay, honey, I’ll back off. But promise me you will let me take you out for some new clothes and a haircut soon.”
I nodded my head.
“Pinky swear,” Bobby said as he extended his pinky toward me.
I grabbed it with mine. “Pinky swear.”4