Page 121 of A Secret to Die For

“At first, all the attention was nice. You know, having people make casseroles and bring me candy. But I’ve put on six pounds, and I’m sick of watching game show reruns.”

“You can always come over to our place if you need a break.” Our place. The words sounded weird, but a good weird.

“I just miss having my own space. Heck, I even miss going to work.”

“There might be some shifts at the Craft Cabin available now that Saralisa’s starting her own business,” Brooke offered.

“After you spent the whole ride here telling me how crazy it was there this morning?”

Crazy? The Craft Cabin was usually an oasis of calm, unless Paulo was tripping over the cat, anyway. “What happened?”

“A tour bus full of seniors broke down near Main Street, and most of them decided to visit the Craft Cabin while they waited for the engine to get fixed. We almost sold out of yarn. I called Everly in to help, and I thought she was gonna have a panic attack when they all headed to the register at the same time.”

“Did they get on their way?”

“Not yet, but after Paulo gave them a quick lesson in arm-knitting, they went next door to the Coffee House, so they’re Mary’s problem now. What are you having for lunch?”

“Just a sandwich. Brie wants the house salad.”

“But we’re having dessert, right?”

“Oh, yes, of course.”

Addy began fanning herself. “Don’t look now, but hot guy alert.”

“Where?”

“Okay, two hot guys. One of them is yours.”

Garrett had left early for a business meeting, and now I turned to see him heading toward us with a dark-haired man in tow. Addy was right about the heat factor. If I hadn’t been very much in love with the perfect partner already, I might have drooled into my soft drink.

Garrett bent to kiss me on the cheek. “Just passing through. This is Lewis—we went to school together. Lewis, meet Saralisa and her friends Brooke and Addy.”

This was Lewis? Garrett had asked me if I minded his old friend coming to stay for a few weeks, and of course I’d said it was okay, but holy heck, he’d said nothing about him being so easy on the eye. Lewis shook hands with all three of us, and Brooke kept staring, even though she was nearly married. Being that handsome couldn’t be healthy. What if he distracted a driver? Or caused someone to walk into a wall?

He stepped backward and landed squarely on Blue’s foot, and it seemed one of us at least was immune to his charms.

“Watch where you’re going, asshole.”

Garrett’s smile grew wider. “And this is Blue. She’s a real ray of sunshine.”

“Shut up,” she growled as she took a seat.

“Bad day?” Brooke asked.

“I saw my ex outside court, and my stun gun was out of battery.”

Lewis’s eyes widened, and he took another step back. This time, he nearly took out a waitress, but fortunately, she was quick on her feet and hopped sideways.

“Damn, I do apologise.” He steadied her, and she practically swooned. “Nice to meet you folks.”

“He’s so pretty,” Addy said wistfully as the two men walked away. “I need to go to the bathroom.”

Blue snorted. “Pretty clumsy. Do you really need to go to the bathroom, or do you just want to stare at his ass for a while longer?”

“I plead the Fifth.”

Addy got up carefully and headed after Lewis as Blue snorted.

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