Kelly stopped with her eyes wide. “Seriously?” “Joking.” I laughed. “Just joking,” I lied, and we walked again. “Do you have a guy here?”
There were three paragraphs here. Middle one seems like it should have been deleted during editing.
Otherwise,“Joking. Just joking,” I lied, covering my deception with a laugh, and we walked again. “Do you have a guy here?”
