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“Hi.” I wipe my mouth.
“I hope I’m not the reason Alicia left,” she says.
“No, she’s got a busy life.”
Her gaze falls to the untouched muffin and fruit. “I guess so, since she didn’t even eat.”
Who am I kidding? Why am I putting on a charade that I’m still with Alicia? “Yeah.”
“Well, I was stopping in and I didn’t want to not say hello. I wondered about your work schedule? I know we have to wait for Saturday to get into the cabin, but I thought maybe you could take me to where I used to work or something. Or just tell me a place where I loved to go?”
I close my eyes and groan.
“Sorry, never mind. I’ll just figure something else out.”
“You used to love the path around the bay. Not to run, but just to clear your head.”
She smiles and damn if pleasing her doesn’t still make me feel like fucking Superman. I hate that that’s still alive inside me. “Thank you.”
“Take this with you.” Tad hands her a bag with a muffin in it. “On the house.”
“Oh no. I couldn’t.”
“Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten the number one rule here.” He points at the sign about no arguing with the manager.
I roll my eyes.
“I haven’t. Thanks, Tad.” She rises to her tiptoes and kisses his bearded cheek.
He winks and leaves to greet his other customers.
“I should go. Thank you, Adam. I’ll see you Saturday.”
I nod. “Saturday.”
She walks away and I push my plate across the table, not hungry anymore.
“Be careful, you don’t eat and that’s going to be the next thing on Nikki’s radio show.” Tad comes by and takes Alicia’s plates.
I watch out the window as Lucy gets stopped by the Gossip Brigade on her way to the bay. Maybe it’ll take an entire town to bring back her memories. All I know is the faster she remembers, the faster she signs those papers and I can move on with my life.
