One Hundred Twenty Six

"Oh, okay. So, what are you going to do now?"

Elena could sense the relief in Mark's voice at the news of Damien and that he wouldn't be coming back, but she also read between the lines with his question. Damn it boy, don't you ever give up?

"Well, I thought I'd just go back to work this week and then either go see Marie or have her come up here. Actually, I know she's coming up here. We're going to have dinner together."

Elena didn't add, with mark and his family. Anyway, Mark didn't need to know every last detail.

"Oh, so you and her are really going out, then?"

Mark sounded disappointed. Good.

"Yeah, we are, Mark. Exclusively."

Give up you bastard. She didn't want to think of him like this, but he wasn't giving her much choice.

"Oh. Okay. Well, I'll talk to you later then. Bye."

Elena was relieved and annoyed. Glad that he didn't push the ranger issue, but pissed that after all they had discussed last week, he still had the balls to think he could have a shot at dating her. What wa