Chapter 30

Monica Clayton looked at her laptop and sighed. “I’m an evil person,” she said aloud.

Nothing was wrong with the laptop. She knew that. And yet she had made Emma call Tom to come take a look at it. Emma told him Monica was trying to access the internet to check out some new recipes, and she couldn’t.

Monica knew it was weird. But she couldn’t think of any way she could ask the man on a date. This plan would just have to work.

If this whole stupid plan went to hell… And if this Tom guy turned out to be a jerk, someone would pay. And that someone was going to be Emma.

It was her idea to ask Tom out, but Emma had encouraged her with all the nice stories she told her about him. She had talked him up a lot. And even when Monica wanted to change her mind asking Tom out, Emma was the one who convinced her she was making a mistake.

So here she was.

The doorbell rang, and Monica checked her appearance in the mirro