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Sage knew what that felt like too.
“We’ll talk it over,” Rose said. “And we’ll let you know after we talk to Lily. I’m not closed off to it.”
“That’s better than nothing,” Poppy said.
Sage nodded and left to go back to work and hoped that she’d hear from Knox soon so that she could share the news with her mother.
8
GOING TO BE ALRIGHT
It’d taken all the way until Thursday for Knox and Sage to get together for dinner again.
He would have liked to meet sooner, but they both were busy. Him with a few jobs that he got held over working on and her with meetings one day and helping out in the store.
He hadn’t known she did that, but she’d said everyone helped where they could when it was needed.
At least this time he got to pick her up for dinner.
He knocked on her door at five thirty, she opened it up quickly and was standing there in dark jeans that fit her body like a glove and a silky flowing navy shirt tucked in the front and hanging out a little in the back. On her feet was a pair of nude pumps.
It brought her a few inches closer to him.
“Hey,” she said, reaching up and pulling his head down for a kiss.
When she lifted her mouth from his, he said, “Now that is a welcome I can get behind any time you want.”
“Thanks,” she said. “I don’t normally do that, but you looked as if you could use it.”
“Huh?” he asked.
She took a step back and grabbed her purse and put it on her shoulder. An orange leather with what looked to be flowers stamped into it. He noticed on his other dates she had jewelry on that had flowers too.
“I said that you look unsure of yourself for some reason and I wanted to give you a kiss and let you know that it’s going to be all right. Or whatever is on your mind will be.”
“Oh,” he said. “Just work on my mind. A lot of big projects coming up.”
“When are you going to start working in this building?” she asked.
“Next week,” he said. “On another floor. The one next to you is the last. They are doing them one by one.”
“Good,” she said. “Maybe I can sneak home for lunch on one of the days and we can have a mini date.”
He laughed. He could get on board with that too.
“Sounds like a plan for me. Are you ready?”
“I am,” she said.
They took the elevator down to the main lobby and out to his truck. “I haven’t been to Mona’s before,” he said. “I’ve heard a lot about it. I mean I did some work there for the old owners at one point.”
“The Whitneys,” she said. “So we can talk about a small world. Ren Whitney, it was his parents who owned the marina for years. Ren married Zane’s sister.”
“Okay,” he said. Those names didn’t mean much to him other than he knew Zane from around town and their businesses crossing. Since he wasn’t from this area, it’s not like he kept up on any gossip.
“Get the grin off your face. I know what you’re thinking. There is more. Wesley Wright and his mother, Mona, bought the marina. Mona owns and runs the restaurant.”
“Hence the name,” he said tongue in cheek.
