Caroline, this story just gets better and better. Your writing is awesome. I'm hooked.
“So do you have a date?” his mother asked, far too casually.
“Mom, don't even go there, all right? It’s not happening.”
“I just asked a simple question!” she protested. “I didn’t mention anyone specific.”
“I don’t have a date. There’s your simple answer.”
“Will she be there?”
Clark glared at her. “I thought we weren’t talking about anyone specific.”
“That was a polite fiction. So will she?”
You gotta love Martha.
