Maybe run out to Johnson Island, have lunch, and bring it back.”
“I’ve never done much sailing but I’d like to learn. I decided to skip it- she obviously wasn’t in any mood to be flirting after the crappy day she’d been having, and it would be sleazy to act like I was expecting something for helping her out. XXX “For the record, though, Ed owes me a bottle of Laphroaigh when this is all over.”
“Of what?”
“It’s a single malt whisky from the part of Scotland my grandfather came from.”
“You’re doing all this work for a bottle of whisky?”
I shrugged. “I had dinner with her Friday night.”
His jaw dropped. Let’s plan on it.”
We agreed to talk later about specifics, chatted a while, and rang off.
