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“It’s killing hter “I du remarried before I’ve even had a steady boyfriend”

“You got to stop acting so desperate e go out,” Nell, another one of the waitresses, said without looking up fro to Julia “You should come out with us next weekend”

“Ah…” Julia laughed “I have a baby—”

“Don’t we all, sweetie” Nell sighed “Get yourself a sitter and kick up your heels You look like you need it”

I do need it

“Thanks” She s silverware into napkins “I’ll keep it in mind”

“Someone just sat in your section,” Lynn said “And I tell you what—” she whistled “—if you don’t hurry, I’there”

All three woe bank of coffeethem

It was Jesse, sitting with his back to the women But she’d know him anywhere

“Well, well Soood-naturedly, watching Julia as she blushed

“That’s Jesse Filmore,” Jodi said “You know him?”

Julia nodded, unwilling to go into all the details

“Oh, h school He was so tough, you know, and quiet”

“The strong silent types always get you in trouble,” Lynn murmured and bent back to her crossword

“A about where they were going to go out next weekend and that was the end of the Jesse conversation

Julia wondered if the hatred Jesse felt for this toasn’t all in his head

She touched a nervous hand to her hair and headed out to see what Jesse wanted

“Hi,” she said as she stood at the end of his booth His shirt was red and his eyes were bright and she wished she could slide into that booth with him