Cindy had just found a new best friend. Before she knew what she was doing, she swiftly kissed Steve on the cheek and blushed when
she saw the stunned expression on his face.
“Sorry,” she said. “I just wanted
to thank you for sticking up for me.”
He blinked several times then shook his head. “I’m not, sorry.”
They stared at each other neither knowing what to say, and just as they both opened their mouths to speak, they were rudely interrupted.
“Hey, kids,” Donny said. “Ready to go home?”
Cindy quickly dropped Steve’s hand, turned to her father and then she hugged him round the middle.
“Hi, Daddy. We can’t go home.
Ms. Meadows invited me and Wes to dinner,” she said casting a hopeful glance at
Wendy. Would she invite her dad, too? Oh, she sure hoped so!
Wendy elbowed Donny playfully. “See? I told you. Now you
have to come too.”
