Emma said to Becky as she twisted her spoon in a bowl containing a large glob of macadamia nut yogurt. They sat at a small table in a frozen yogurt parlor, surrounded by dozens of teenagers. “You were supposed to go get the girls from Kevin, not talk me into coming out with you. I feel like the worst guardian ever. I hardly know the man.” Becky waved off Emma’s concern. “I’ve known Kevin for years. Your girls are in great hands, trust me.” Becky laughed as she licked a spoonful of coconut flavored frozen yogurt, covered in M&M’s. “I just wish I could have been there to see the look on his face when you left him with a date he’d ditched, along with the girls. So hilarious!” Emma couldn’t help but smile at the memory of Kevin’s deer-in-the-headlights expression. Still, what had she been thinking to leave him with the girls and walk out the door? And what had he been thinking to call off his date with the beautiful Nicole? Did he really pity Emma that much, or was it the girls he pitied?
