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up and he invited her to join the two of you for dinner. It was an understandable offer since Elayne Weaver was there to introduce herself to you in the first place. When youdeclined Daniel’s offer, you not only hurt his pride, you also opened the situation up for him to be alone with his long-lost Amish girlfriend.”
    I lowered my voice as I replied, “Ms. Weaver wasn’t his girlfriend. She’s actually a couple of years older than him. It was her little brother that Daniel was friends with.”
    Nancy’s Diner was packed for the lunchtime rush. I wasn’t exactly worried about someone overhearing our conversation, but you could never be too careful when gossiping.
    “Since they grew up in the same community and both left, I’d say they have a lot in common. She isn’t hard on the eyes, either,” Todd said, smirking with a faraway look on his face as if remembering the woman in detail.
    I smacked Todd’s shoulder. “How can you talk that way when Heather is seven months pregnant with your baby? You men are all the same. A pretty new woman shows up and you turn to braindead, cheating mush.”
    “That’s not true. I would never cheat on Heather. There’s nothing wrong with noticing an attractive woman. That happens all the time. Actually hooking up is another story altogether.” Todd had a sort of pleading, please-believe-me look on his face. “Even though the new DA is a beautiful woman, I can tell she doesn’t have the sick sense of humor my Heather does or the easy-going, laid-back manner, either. I would never risk losing Heather for someone as high maintenance and serious as that woman is. I bet neither would Daniel.”
    “I don’t know about that. You should have seen him staring awestruck at her, like she was an angel or something. Then she began asking him about these different Amish people and who they’d married and how many kids they had. I felt completely out of my element,” I admitted.
    “So! You should have stayed with your man. Now that woman has her claws sunk straight into him, especially since you aren’t very nice to him,” Todd said.
    “How have I
not
been nice to Daniel?” I demanded, glancing around. Everyone in the neighboring booths were turned our way, trying to listen. I stared hard back at them until their eyes dropped to their food.
    Todd raised his finger and was about to list all the ways when Bobby interrupted, shutting him up.
    “Now hold on, Todd. I’ve spent some time observing Serenity and Daniel’s interactions with each other. I have no doubt that Daniel is in love with Serenity, but Serenity isn’t sure about her feelings. She needs more time to work them out. She’s not the type of person to be forced into feeling something she isn’t sure about. I think her aloof behavior is acceptable under the circumstances.”
    Aloof behavior?
I didn’t think that I I’d been aloof with Daniel. Most nights we ate dinner together, followed by passionate sex. Bobby nailed my feelings, though. I was torn about Daniel. A part of me wanted to surrender to him and the rest wanted to run away. I didn’t even like the idea of being in love. It scared the hell out of me.
    Todd raised his brows. “Besides the Amish heritage thing, Daniel seems like a good guy. He tries hard to please you. What’s the deal anyway?”
    I leaned back on the red plastic seat and sighed. “I’m not going to get into my personal relationship hang ups. We don’t have a long enough lunch break.”
    “I’m always available as your sounding board,” Todd offered.
    I wasn’t exactly sure how to respond. Luckily, Bobby saved me. “Why don’t you tell me more about the ritualistic healing you witnessed? You said it was weird. How so?”
    I looked out the diner’s window at the overcast day beyond. Main Street was busy, a constant stream of passing cars. There were a fair number of men in suits and women in skirts and heels walking along the tree lined sidewalk. The town of Blood Rock was