Avery lowered her eyes to the screen of the phone where the voice message she'd sent earlier, through Jodi's phone was playing.
'...are actually busy and have better things to think of, than an ordinary date and a boring last night. I won't be coming down now. I have classes to attend. If I finish early, I might have mercy on your ass and join you on whatever unexciting date you've planned up. Bye... Donovan."
"So?" Archie's rubbed his thumb on his lower lip, impatience oozing from his whole being. "Tell me what was boring about last night, and explain why you think the date I planned would be unexciting."
Avery laughed, trying to wave it off as a joke but his grim expression told her he needed genuine answers and won't be stopping until he got exactly that.
"You didn't come here just to ask me that, right?" she asked with a careful tone.
