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The waitress put their food down in front of the at the plain salad Willa was eating
“Is that any good?” Rachel stared down at the salad made of mostly lettuce
“No” Willa picked through it, eventually taking a bite
“I have a big ass,” Rachel admitted
Shocked, Willa looked across the table at her
“I do I shove it into Spanx, and if I’ve had les like Jell-O”
Willa’s laughter filled the restaurant and dimples peeked at Rachel
She rilled chicken breast and sous that’s on the lunch menu” The waitress moved off
“I’ all the time,” Willa confessed
“Then don’t You’re beautiful; you really are” Rachel reached across the table, laying her hand on hers Warmth flooded from her into Willa “I wish I looked like you You’re soft and feminine I look like a tomboy,” Rachel confessed “I’m twenty-three and look seventeen When men look at you, they see a beautiful woman, Willa”
When the waitress set the plate down on the table, Rachel pushed it toward Willa “Cut it up and put it on your salad”
Willa did as told and then took a bite
“Better?”
“Yes I was being too strict with e with a cupcake,” Willa confessed, beginning to eat her salad
“If I was surrounded with your cupcakes,as a barn”
Their laughter drew ht the color to Willa’s cheeks
A large group ofat the doorway approached their booth
“Mind if we join you? The restaurant is busy, and you have a few extra seats” The h, and they were surrounded by familiar faces in the diner, so Rachel slid over Willa did the salance Rachel sent her a reassuring look before taking in the men who had sat doith them She had never seen them in town before
“Are you traveling through Treepoint?”
“Is it that obvious we’re not fro next to her with blondish-brown hair cut short answered for the group
“I know everyone in town, so yeah, it is a little obvious,” Rachel said, staring at thearound their booth
“We’re new to the area We’vethe nearby towns If I had seen Treepoint first, I would have picked it over Jamestown” He held out his hand to Rachel “I’hn”
“It nice to meet you Treepoint is sreed
“I was thinking more about the women” He smiled
Rachel s across as aggressive, just slightly flirtatious Rachel’s confidence received a much needed boost from the appreciation she saw in his eyes
“My name is Rachel, and this is Willa”
Scorpion reached out his hand, shaking Willa’s while introducing his other two friends, Yancy and Scott The ht coffee and took their orders
Rachel are Willa felt uncomfortable with the situation and was about to excuse themselves when the door opened and Cash, Shade, Dean, and Rider ca a table Rachel couldn’t have felt more self-conscious with the men’s curious eyes on their table
“So, you’re both fro at Willa
When she didn’t answer, Rachel did “Horown”
She straightened her shoulders She had nothing to be e at a table of ed to The Last Riders and could do as they wanted
Yancy had tried to talk to Willa and received only monosyllabic replies, but Scott was more determined, eventually able to pry infor business When he found out she had brought in pies to the diner, the o with their coffee The peach pie had the men silent for several seconds as they cleaned their plates
“I could eat the who
le pie bya rosy flush to her cheeks “Could I have your number? The next time we have a cookout, I’ll order a couple”
Willa hesitantly reached into her purse, pulling out a card and handing it to Vaughn At that point, Rachel felt a chill run down her spine Instinctively, her gaze went to the table The Last Riders were sitting at; the men seery, and she was teer but decided to put Willa out of her misery
“I have to get back to work It was niceher slide out of the booth while the others stood, letting Willa out The waitress had already set Lily’s take-out food on the table, so Rachel bent down to pick it up with the check, yet found herself forestalled
“Our treat” Scorpion s the ticket