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face.
I busted out laughing. This man certainly had self-confidence. I saw some one approach our table from the corner of my eye. When I looked up, I was in shock.
“Hello Dianne.”
Jamie Lane still had the deepest, sexiest voice I’d ever heard, but it didn’t affect me as much as it used to. I looked at his face, surprised to see most of the burn scars gone. He looked almost as he had before Chuck had burned his garage down with him in it.
I stood up and hugged his neck. I would forever feel bad for being the cause of so much pain and loss in his life. “Jamie, how are you? What are you doing here on the east coast?”
“After I received the insurance money and got some plastic surgery done, I decided to start completely over, and moved out here.” He said. “I told you I had some family in Georgia.”
“Yeah, I’m sorry. I forgot.” I turned to Garret who was now standing watching our exchange with interest. “Jamie, this is Garret Starr my date. Garret this is Jamie Lane. I dated him for a while when I lived in Tacoma.” I introduced them.
They shook hands. “It’s nice to meet you.” Garret said politely. “Would you like to pull up a seat and join us?”
“No thank you. My date is waiting for me outside, we just finished eating.” He turned back to me. “I noticed you walk in, but without your red hair, I almost didn’t recognize you. You certainly are looking good.”
“Thank you, Jamie. You are too.”
“Yeah, I thank my plastic surgeon every day.” He said with a trace of hostility in his voice, but he smiled down at me. “I would love to get with you and catch up sometime. Do you have the same cell number?”
“No, I don’t have a cell phone anymore, but you can call me at Starr industries here in town. We’ll do lunch one day.” I told him.
“I’ll do that.” He took my hand and kissed to top of it. He always had been the gentleman, but there was a glint in his eye that made me very uncomfortable now. Maybe it was just because I was with Garret and didn’t feel the same as I had before. “Starr Industries. Does that make him your boss?”
“I’m his executive assistant.”
“Hmm. Okay, well I’ll give you a call this next week.”
“Alright. It was great seeing you again, Jamie.”
After he left and our order came, Garret asked me about him.
“I had gone on a few dates with him, but it never really got serious. We were better friends; I wasn’t ready for a relationship, and he said understood that, so we just went on a few casual dates. Tacoma had been the first place I settled after running away from Chicago. About a year after I moved there, there started to be fires at the homes and places of business of people who’d befriended me. My employer at the time lost her café and shop, and Jamie lost his garage which he lived in the apartment above it. He was caught in the blaze, but was pulled out before it went down. Jamie suffered some severe burns to his face and upper body. I had to tell the police about Chuck, but when they pulled his record and saw he was a cop, they dismissed my claims. I had alibies for all of the fires or they would have tried to pin them on me. When Jamie heard my story, he was angry with me, and understandably blamed me, so I left and haven’t seen him since.” I thought about how he’d seemed happy to see me. “He seems to have gotten over it though.”
“I don’t know, Di. Just be careful, and please let one of us know when you’ll be with him, okay?” He asked.
“Why?”
“I just want to be on the safe side with you.” He said.
We finished our dinner, and headed to Garrets house to watch movies. He had a really nice home theater system, including a wide screen TV and a DVD projection system with surround sound.
“Why didn’t you just bring me here to watch movies? This is a first rate system, just as good as
I busted out laughing. This man certainly had self-confidence. I saw some one approach our table from the corner of my eye. When I looked up, I was in shock.
“Hello Dianne.”
Jamie Lane still had the deepest, sexiest voice I’d ever heard, but it didn’t affect me as much as it used to. I looked at his face, surprised to see most of the burn scars gone. He looked almost as he had before Chuck had burned his garage down with him in it.
I stood up and hugged his neck. I would forever feel bad for being the cause of so much pain and loss in his life. “Jamie, how are you? What are you doing here on the east coast?”
“After I received the insurance money and got some plastic surgery done, I decided to start completely over, and moved out here.” He said. “I told you I had some family in Georgia.”
“Yeah, I’m sorry. I forgot.” I turned to Garret who was now standing watching our exchange with interest. “Jamie, this is Garret Starr my date. Garret this is Jamie Lane. I dated him for a while when I lived in Tacoma.” I introduced them.
They shook hands. “It’s nice to meet you.” Garret said politely. “Would you like to pull up a seat and join us?”
“No thank you. My date is waiting for me outside, we just finished eating.” He turned back to me. “I noticed you walk in, but without your red hair, I almost didn’t recognize you. You certainly are looking good.”
“Thank you, Jamie. You are too.”
“Yeah, I thank my plastic surgeon every day.” He said with a trace of hostility in his voice, but he smiled down at me. “I would love to get with you and catch up sometime. Do you have the same cell number?”
“No, I don’t have a cell phone anymore, but you can call me at Starr industries here in town. We’ll do lunch one day.” I told him.
“I’ll do that.” He took my hand and kissed to top of it. He always had been the gentleman, but there was a glint in his eye that made me very uncomfortable now. Maybe it was just because I was with Garret and didn’t feel the same as I had before. “Starr Industries. Does that make him your boss?”
“I’m his executive assistant.”
“Hmm. Okay, well I’ll give you a call this next week.”
“Alright. It was great seeing you again, Jamie.”
After he left and our order came, Garret asked me about him.
“I had gone on a few dates with him, but it never really got serious. We were better friends; I wasn’t ready for a relationship, and he said understood that, so we just went on a few casual dates. Tacoma had been the first place I settled after running away from Chicago. About a year after I moved there, there started to be fires at the homes and places of business of people who’d befriended me. My employer at the time lost her café and shop, and Jamie lost his garage which he lived in the apartment above it. He was caught in the blaze, but was pulled out before it went down. Jamie suffered some severe burns to his face and upper body. I had to tell the police about Chuck, but when they pulled his record and saw he was a cop, they dismissed my claims. I had alibies for all of the fires or they would have tried to pin them on me. When Jamie heard my story, he was angry with me, and understandably blamed me, so I left and haven’t seen him since.” I thought about how he’d seemed happy to see me. “He seems to have gotten over it though.”
“I don’t know, Di. Just be careful, and please let one of us know when you’ll be with him, okay?” He asked.
“Why?”
“I just want to be on the safe side with you.” He said.
We finished our dinner, and headed to Garrets house to watch movies. He had a really nice home theater system, including a wide screen TV and a DVD projection system with surround sound.
“Why didn’t you just bring me here to watch movies? This is a first rate system, just as good as
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