I groaned and showed Maria the message. She covered her mouth with her hand.
“He did hear us talking about our plans,” she said. “I can’t believe he would do that!”
“I can,” I muttered. I don’t know what had gotten into him lately, but I sure was tired of it.
“Don’t worry,” Maria said. “I’ll keep an eye out for him and run interference.”
At that moment, three very handsome men in their mid- to late thirties walked up to us.
“We heard you had a bet going to see how many drinks you could have bought for you?” One of them said, looking back and forth between Maria and I.
“That would be her,” Maria said with a smile.
I looked past the men and saw Rachel smiling at us. She gave me a wink.
“We’d love to buy you a round
