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Brandon and I settled back into the couch, and he ate another slice of pizza while we stared blankly at the television set. Part of me wished Elliott would just come home right now so we could ask him. But that would be too easy.

The sitcom we were watching ended, and another episode started, but before the theme song even finished, Brandon said, "I mean I don't think my dad really wants to date anyone right now. He hasn't dated anyone seriously at all since my mom, you know?"

"Right," I said. As far as I knew, Elliott hadn't dated recently. "I think he used to date a lot when he was younger, though. Is it possible he just wanted to try it out again?" I remembered a few conversations I'd overheard about Elliott being quite the lady's man when he was younger, like in his forties and fifties. That's young when you're as old as he is.

Brandon was already shaking his head before I finished. "I doubt it. Why now, you know?"