Page 20 of When Morning Comes Around

“Sorry,” said Dominic. “I should introduce you. Sadie, this is my nephew, Jake. Jake, this is Sadie, your first ever customer.” As the two of them shook hands, he glanced over at the Camaro. “Is that Savannah? Is she waiting for you?”

“She is, she’s going to give me a ride into town.” She gestured for Savannah to get out of the car, and Dominic grinned.

“I should introduce the two of you as well. Hi, Savannah, it’s good to see you again. This is Jake, he’s the guy who’ll be repairing Sadie’s minivan. Jake, this is Savannah.” He stepped back and exchanged a smile with Sadie as they watched Jake and Savannah greet each other awkwardly.

Savannah’s cheeks turned pink, and Jake wiped his hand on his overalls before reaching out to shake with her.

“Hi, it’s nice to meet you.”

“You too.” Savannah looked up at the sign on the front of the building. “So, you’re the guy who bought Art’s old place?”

“I am, do you know him?”

“I do.” She glanced over her shoulder at the Camaro. “He gave me that and helped me restore it.”

Dominic bit down on his bottom lip to stop himself from laughing. Jake’s initial reaction to Savannah had been obvious enough – he was bowled over. With what she’d just said, the pretty little blonde might as well have come right out and declared herself to be Jake’s ideal woman.

He glanced at Sadie, and she gave him an almost imperceptible nod as she grinned at him.

“You should show Jake what’s under the hood, Savannah. I know how proud of it you are, and I’d guess that Jake is someone who’ll appreciate all the work you put in,” said Sadie.

Savannah looked uncertain, but Sadie smiled. “I have to run in to the ladies’ room, so you might as well – it beats standing around staring at each other while you wait for me.”

Dominic knew exactly what she was up to. “I’ll show you where it is.” He gestured for Sadie to go ahead of him.

Once they were inside the building, she stopped to look back. Dominic glanced over his shoulder, but didn’t want to make it too obvious. He needn’t have worried; neither Jake nor Savannah was paying any attention to them. They seemed equally engrossed in the car and each other.

Sadie chuckled. “Well, I didn’t see that one coming.”

“I didn’t see it coming, but it’s kind of hard to miss, isn’t it?”

She nodded eagerly. “Please tell me that he doesn’t have a girlfriend?”

“He doesn’t. I take it she’s single, too?”

Sadie nodded enthusiastically. “Don’t worry, I don’t plan to interfere, but I’m excited to see what might happen.”

“Me too. What do the two of you have planned this morning?”

“Savannah’s going to drop me off in town while she takes care of a few things. Why?”

“I was thinking that we should maybe leave them to it.”

“I like the way you think. We’d need an excuse, though.”

Dominic pursed his lips as he thought about it. He jerked his chin toward his SUV. “I have your things in there.”

“What if you didn’t have all of them?”

He chuckled. “I like the way you think, too. If I’d maybe left something of yours at the house…”

She smiled. “Then it’d make sense for me to go with you to get it, wouldn’t it?”

“I think so.”

“Okay, so how about we go back out there and tell them?”

He chuckled. “Don’t you need to use the bathroom?”

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