'I have to go now,' Marilyn told Beanie.
After Leo's call, she became uncomfortable.
'Who did you just speak with that's making you fidget like this all of a sudden?' Beanie asked Marilyn. He watched her lips closely while he waited for her to say the name he knew was behind her sudden restlessness.
'Oh. I forgot that I had to meet up with a friend of mine. He's calling to find out my itinerary for the day, and I haven't done a quarter of what I need to do at home before this visit is due,' Marilyn explained.
'Hmm,' Beanie groaned. 'I see. So I'm the less important friend then. I can't come to your house, and you are dismissing our date because of someone else,' he told her.
'No. Don't sound like that. I'm not dismissing you. It's just that this friend of mine had said he was going
