Chapter 96

• A PHONE call to Kassi during a break from class ensured they set up a time and place to meet Wednesday evening. The fact it coincided with Kassi’s birthday was incidental.
• Monica entered the restaurant a few minutes early and followed the hovering maître d’ to a corner table where Kassi was already seated.
• ‘Hey there.’ Kassi stood, and they hugged, laughed, then subsided into chairs. ‘I ordered champagne to be delivered the instant you arrived.’