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separation.”
“You mean the theory that we’re all only six people away from meeting anyone in the world?”
“That’s the one. I believe in it. I mean you only needed two the first time you met me. This time I only needed two to find you again. I say that proves the theory right there.”
I started to chuckle and pressed my hand against his chest. “Okay, Kevin Bacon. If you’ll let me get up, I’ll get ready to go.”
“Bacon sounds good. Where can we get bacon in this town?”
He stood, so I could, and then followed me back through the law office after I locked the front door. I knew he was staring at my backside as I climbed the steps to my apartment, but I gave him that small amount of enjoyment for the kiss he had given me.
I opened the door and let him pass me, then closed it again. “We could go to Kiss’s Café if you want some real family style cooking. They have bacon on the menu any time of the day. If you want bacon on a pizza we could go to Gallo's. Last, but not least, if you want a bacon burger we can go back to Wes’s Saloon.”
“That’s a lot of choices. Wes’s was good, but one burger a day is my limit. I need to keep my physique up,” he said, preening right then left.
“Sure, that’s why you want bacon again.”
I grabbed my shoes stepping into one. He held his arm out for me to steady myself and I did, enjoying the way the soft wool coat felt under my hand.
“I haven’t had family style cooking in a long time. Let’s say we go to that café you talked about.”
“Good call,” I smiled at him. I was genuinely glad he had stopped over. I needed to get out of the apartment after my long, emotional afternoon, so why not do it with a good looking guy?
“Can I use your restroom before we go?”
I motioned him towards the back of the apartment. “Sure, it’s the first door on the right. I’ll grab my coat.”
He disappeared into the apartment and I pulled my coat off the hanger where I hung it when I brought Winifred in earlier. I froze. Oh, crap. I swung the coat around my shoulders running back into the apartment, skidding to a halt at the bathroom door just as he opened it.
“Are you pregnant, Katie?” he asked, holding the instructions Freddie must have left on the counter.
I snatched them from his hand. “No, I’m not. The test wasn’t for me. It’s the reason I didn’t get over to see Hank today. I found my best friend, Freddie, in tears after my appointment this afternoon. I had to help her.”
He put a supportive hand on my shoulder. “Is this the Freddie that you were in Hawaii with?”
I nodded. “Yeah, she was afraid to tell her husband, so by the time I got it all straightened out it was too late to see Hank.”
“That’s no problem. Hank will be there tomorrow. Is everything all right with them now?”
My chin trembled even as I tried to stop it. “They’re very happy,” I said, my voice cracking.
He pulled me into him and hugged me lightly. “You don’t sound very happy.”
I pushed away from his chest and grabbed a tissue from the box that still sat on the coffee table.
“I’m happy for them. I haven’t had a chance to process any of it yet. Freddie and I went through some horrifically crappy things in our lives, and we were there for each other through them all. It’s wonderful to see her so happy and full of life now. The baby wasn’t planned, but once she knew Flynn wasn’t upset about it she walked out of here on a cloud.” I wiped my eyes and balled the tissue up in my hand. “I didn’t mean to get emotional.”
“Babies are a great reason to be emotional,” he assured me. “Do you still want to go out or would you rather I leave you alone for the night?”
“I think the only thing that will help me tonight is some pecan pie from Kiss’s Café.” I smiled and he grinned, holding his elbow out to me. I wrapped my arm through his in a motion of solidarity, grabbing my purse on the way out the door.
Babies are
“You mean the theory that we’re all only six people away from meeting anyone in the world?”
“That’s the one. I believe in it. I mean you only needed two the first time you met me. This time I only needed two to find you again. I say that proves the theory right there.”
I started to chuckle and pressed my hand against his chest. “Okay, Kevin Bacon. If you’ll let me get up, I’ll get ready to go.”
“Bacon sounds good. Where can we get bacon in this town?”
He stood, so I could, and then followed me back through the law office after I locked the front door. I knew he was staring at my backside as I climbed the steps to my apartment, but I gave him that small amount of enjoyment for the kiss he had given me.
I opened the door and let him pass me, then closed it again. “We could go to Kiss’s Café if you want some real family style cooking. They have bacon on the menu any time of the day. If you want bacon on a pizza we could go to Gallo's. Last, but not least, if you want a bacon burger we can go back to Wes’s Saloon.”
“That’s a lot of choices. Wes’s was good, but one burger a day is my limit. I need to keep my physique up,” he said, preening right then left.
“Sure, that’s why you want bacon again.”
I grabbed my shoes stepping into one. He held his arm out for me to steady myself and I did, enjoying the way the soft wool coat felt under my hand.
“I haven’t had family style cooking in a long time. Let’s say we go to that café you talked about.”
“Good call,” I smiled at him. I was genuinely glad he had stopped over. I needed to get out of the apartment after my long, emotional afternoon, so why not do it with a good looking guy?
“Can I use your restroom before we go?”
I motioned him towards the back of the apartment. “Sure, it’s the first door on the right. I’ll grab my coat.”
He disappeared into the apartment and I pulled my coat off the hanger where I hung it when I brought Winifred in earlier. I froze. Oh, crap. I swung the coat around my shoulders running back into the apartment, skidding to a halt at the bathroom door just as he opened it.
“Are you pregnant, Katie?” he asked, holding the instructions Freddie must have left on the counter.
I snatched them from his hand. “No, I’m not. The test wasn’t for me. It’s the reason I didn’t get over to see Hank today. I found my best friend, Freddie, in tears after my appointment this afternoon. I had to help her.”
He put a supportive hand on my shoulder. “Is this the Freddie that you were in Hawaii with?”
I nodded. “Yeah, she was afraid to tell her husband, so by the time I got it all straightened out it was too late to see Hank.”
“That’s no problem. Hank will be there tomorrow. Is everything all right with them now?”
My chin trembled even as I tried to stop it. “They’re very happy,” I said, my voice cracking.
He pulled me into him and hugged me lightly. “You don’t sound very happy.”
I pushed away from his chest and grabbed a tissue from the box that still sat on the coffee table.
“I’m happy for them. I haven’t had a chance to process any of it yet. Freddie and I went through some horrifically crappy things in our lives, and we were there for each other through them all. It’s wonderful to see her so happy and full of life now. The baby wasn’t planned, but once she knew Flynn wasn’t upset about it she walked out of here on a cloud.” I wiped my eyes and balled the tissue up in my hand. “I didn’t mean to get emotional.”
“Babies are a great reason to be emotional,” he assured me. “Do you still want to go out or would you rather I leave you alone for the night?”
“I think the only thing that will help me tonight is some pecan pie from Kiss’s Café.” I smiled and he grinned, holding his elbow out to me. I wrapped my arm through his in a motion of solidarity, grabbing my purse on the way out the door.
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