"Well, I'm glad that you can be honest with me," he replied, smiling at her as he took another sip of his beer. "And I'm gonna also take that to mean that you don't have a fella, since you would've told me about that too." He grinned at her, considering that a small success. "It's been a while since I've scared the living daylights outta one of your dates." He did miss those days. "No one caught your eye, or are you just not interested right now?" He knew that her aunt, Gabby, was incredibly lonely, but that didn't necessarily mean that Nora was.