Page 92 of When Morning Comes Around

“Are you seeing him tonight?”

“No, he’s working.”

“He tends bar in the restaurant for Taryn, doesn’t he?”

“He does.”

Terry gave her a puzzled smile. “The restaurant that’s just across the way from where we’re sitting right now?”

Sadie laughed. “Yes, why?”

Terry rolled her eyes. “And you’re not going in to see him? Not even for a little while before you go home to your dad?”

“No. We didn’t arrange anything. I told him that I was meeting up with the two of you. We’ll see each other tomorrow.”

“And you don’t plan to pop in and see him even for a minute?”

“Nope.” They were both staring at her. “What?”

“Why not?” Terry asked.

She shrugged.

“Come on, I remember that look,” said Nina. “There’s something you’re not telling us.”

She bit down on her bottom lip.

“Don’t drag it out,” said Terry. “I’m going to have to leave soon, and I need to know what your problem is. I don’t get it. Why wouldn’t you go in and see him?”

She blew out a sigh. “I guess you could call it a hang up.”

“About what?” Nina asked.

“I told you about Dale.”

“Yeah, but what’s he got to do with Dominic?”

“Probably nothing. It’s just that the last time I dropped in on a man unexpectedly, I didn’t like what I found.”

“Pft!” Terry waved a hand at her. “Dom’s hardly likely to be messing around with another woman. I mean, he’s at work for one thing. And from what Cal told me, the man’s head over heels in love with you. I get that you might be gun-shy after what happened with Dale, but now, I think you should definitely pop in to see him when we leave here.”

Sadie’s shoulders sagged. “I know. I don’t really think that he’d… But it feels a bit presumptuous, too.”

Nina shook her head. “Nope. It’s totally up to you what you want to do, but I’ll give you my two cents: when Manny and I first got together, I realized after a while that I was making him do all the running because I was unsure of… Both of us, I guess. I was unsure of myself, and of him. You need to get over that, Sadie. I’ll come in with you if you want.”

Sadie checked her watch. “I could just go in and say hi, couldn’t I?”

“You could, and you should,” said Terry. “If I didn’t have to get home, I’d march you in there.”

Sadie laughed. “Okay. Maybe I should text him first?”

They both shook their heads. “He’s working, and apart from that, you’re just trying to give yourself a way out.”

“I’m not! I was going to text him to say that I’ll stop by.”

“I don’t mean a way out of going in there. You know exactly what I mean – you think that if you give him a heads up, you’re less likely to walk in on something you don’t want to see.”

“I really don’t think that he’d…”

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