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Marcus to Zoey and back to Marcus. “Okay, kids,” he said. “Spit it out. What’s on your minds?”
    Zoey looked down at her lap. This whole thing was Marcus’s idea. No way was she going to be the one to speak up!
    â€œWell, Dad . . . The thing is . . . Zoey and I are both mature. . . . Well, I am, and Zoey kind of is . . . .”
    â€œI’m just as mature as you are!” Zoey protested.
    â€œLet’s stipulate that you’re both mature,” Dad said to head off any argument. “So . . .”
    â€œSo, we think it’s time we meet this person you’re spending so much time with,” Marcus said. “I mean, we’re mature enough to know she might not be The One, or whatever, but it just seems strange you’ve been seeing her so much without introducing us.”
    Zoey expected Dad to say, “Sure, I’ll invite her over this weekend!” but to her surprise, his brow furrowed and he looked nervous.
    â€œI don’t know,” he said. “I’m not sure if she’s ready to meet you guys yet.”
    â€œWe promise we won’t bite,” Zoey said.
    Dad laughed. “She knows that,” he said. “And I promise to talk to her about meeting you, okay?”
    â€œOkay,” Zoey said.
    But Marcus wasn’t so easily satisfied. “When you say she isn’t ready to meet us, is that because she doesn’t like that you have kids?” he asked. “Or that she doesn’t like kids at all?”
    Zoey hadn’t even thought of that. She couldn’timagine her dad going out with anyone who didn’t like kids!
    Dad burst out laughing.
    â€œMarcus, I promise you—nothing could be further from the truth,” he said. “Once you meet her, you’ll understand.” Suddenly more serious, he said, “I’ll talk to her. It’ll be as soon as she feels comfortable doing it. Hopefully, it won’t be too long now.”
    Zoey wondered how long “too long now” would be. Marcus apparently wondered the same thing, because after dinner he came into her room and sat on the end of her bed.
    â€œWasn’t that the weirdest convo with Dad we’ve ever had?” he asked.
    â€œIf it wasn’t the weirdest, it was definitely a contender for weirdest,” Zoey agreed.
    â€œHe’s being so cryptic about the Mystery Lady,” Marcus complained. “ ‘Once you meet her, you’ll understand.’ ”
    â€œI know, right?” Zoey exclaimed. “But then he won’t say when we get to meet her!”
    â€œWhich only makes me want to meet her even more,” Marcus said.
    â€œMaybe that’s the plan!” Zoey said. Then she thought about it. “No, that’s not Dad’s style.”
    â€œNo, definitely not Dad’s style,” Marcus agreed.
    â€œI’m more curious about her than ever,” Zoey said. “ Soon can’t come soon enough!”

    â€œYou’ll never guess what happened!” Zoey told Priti in industrial arts the next day.
    â€œShould I try, or are you just going to tell me?” Priti asked.
    â€œI’ll just tell you because it’s too awesome to make you guess,” Zoey said. “Daphne Shaw is doing a pop-up store in a Manhattan department store for a new tween line, and she wants to feature one of my pieces, since I was one of her inspirations!” Zoey gasped for air after rattling off her good news in one breath.
    â€œFor real?” Priti exclaimed.
    â€œYep!” Zoey said, a big grin lighting her face. “But I can hardly believe it!”
    â€œThat is so awesome!” Priti said. “Do you, like, get to go to the opening and be photographed by paparazzi and all that stuff?”
    â€œI don’t know,” Zoey said. “I hadn’t even thought about that kind of thing. I was just excited that she asked