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exhausted.”
    “Yeah, I’m pretty tired, but it’s nothing that an evening in the company of a beautiful young woman can’t cure.”
    I wish ed he could see me smile through the phone. “Well, then, what do you have in mind?”
    “Do you like oysters?” he asked.
    “Of course I do,” I told him. “I’ve loved them ever since I was a kid.”
    “Have you ever been to Bowen’s Island?”
    “Yeah, but I haven’t been there in years. I used to go every time I came home from school. I’ve even been to a couple of wedding receptions there.”
    “Would you like to have dinner there tonight? The weather is supposed to be beautiful, and we could eat before the bugs get too bad.”
    Bowen’s Island is a rustic shack near Folly Beach that specializes in roasted oysters. Most people think of oysters as the big selects that come in the half shell, but in the Low Country we have clusters, big chunks of shells stuck together that you open with an oyster knife. You can get five or six oysters in one cluster. It’s a little more effort than just slurping them down, but once you get the hang of it, the work is well worth it.
    “I would love to,” I told him. I longed to tell him that what I really wanted to do was skip dinner and go directly to fucking his brains out, but I didn’t think acting like a ho was the best thing to do on our first date. Maybe on the second date.
    “Great,” he said , with genuine joy in his voice. “Should I pick you up or do you want to play it safe and two-car it so you can leave if I turn out to be a dick?”
    I let out a big laugh and said, “I’ll take my chances. But why don’t I meet you at your house?” I didn’t want to have to tell my parents about Alex just yet.
    As if he could read my mind , he said, “Not ready to introduce me to the folks, huh? I understand how it could be a little awkward at this point. I was thinking of hiring a car, since it’s a decent ride out there. We could have a drink and talk on the way. Why don’t you come over around six, and I’ll have the car get here around seven.”
    “What are we going to do for a whole hour?” I asked with as much false wonder as I could muster.
    He giggled and said, with a lust filled voice, “I’m sure if we put our heads together, we can come up with something.”
    “I was hoping we could put two other things together, but whatever floats your boat.” So much for not acting like a ho, but he started it… kind of.
    “Look, I can’t wait to see you. But right now I better take a nap, because it sounds like I’m going to need all the energy I can get.”
    “Rest up , Mr. Westfield, I’ll see you at six.”
    Wow! I have never, in all of my life, felt this kind of chemistry with a man. Alex seemed too good to be true. I was nervous about what I was going to do next, but I knew I needed to do it. So, I did what any self-respecting woman in the age of the Internet does I Googled him and watched my screen fill up with hits.
    Two hours later , I leaned back on my sofa and took a deep breath. There was a lot more to this man than meets the eye. We were going to have more to talk about than I thought. I closed my computer and started to get ready for our date. I just hoped that Alex hadn’t had the same idea and Googled me.

 
    CHAPTER 4
     
     
    I called my mother and told her that I was going out and wouldn’t be able to have dinner with her and my father. She told me to be careful and not to drive if I had too much to drink. Thankfully, she didn’t ask for details about my plans, but there was something in her voice that made me think that she knew what was going on. But that was impossible, wasn’t it?
    Bowen’s Island is the definition of casual, so I wore a simple, light yellow summer dress and matching flats. I also brought a thin, darker yellow sweater in case I got cold. I did, however, have on much nicer undergarments to show Alex this time. And in a wild burst of optimism, I put a few things in a