My phone beeped. I grabbed it thinking it might be Greg. It wasn’t. It was Cindy. “Hey! Sorry I haven’t contacted you in so long. It rained out our camping trip, so I didn’t follow up with you about it.”

“Yeah, I was sad when it rained.”

“I know, me too. My birthday is next week and we are having a party at Atalaya in Huntington Beach. Dad got a bunch of campsites and he is putting up four big tents. I would love for you to come and you can bring Greg if you want.”

“Sounds like fun. Greg and I just went out last night. How in the world did you know that?”

“Welcome to life in Georgetown. Everyone knows what you do before you do it,” she said,...

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