#Chapter 23: Exchanging Numbers

Audrey & Edwin Audrey’s POV “Thank you again… for dinner,” I said softly as Edwin pulled up to the front of the dorm buildings. “That was really nice of you.” Edwin cut the engine and turned his head to regard me. “How many times do I have to tell you that it’s nothing?” he asked with a shrug of one broad shoulder. “Although if you don’t mind me asking… are you under some financial strain?” My eyes widened ever so slightly at his rather blunt question. How had he known? “Well, I…” I hesitated, chewing my lip as I debated how much to divulge. “My family doesn't have a lot of money, if I’m being honest.” It was true; ever since my first adoptive mother, Maria, had passed away when I was fourteen, I had been adopted by her sister and her sister’s husband, Francine and Gary. They had three kids of their own and with Francine being a stay-at-home mother and Gary being a high school science teacher, they weren’t exactly loaded. Edwin remained silent, hi