Page 38 of Heartbreak Hero

Sara glanced up from lacing the shoes and found Missy Bradbury along with another woman whom Sara immediately recognized from the night of the event.

“Hi.” Sara forced a smile.

“Isn’t this a small world?” Missy laughed.

“It appears so,” Sara agreed.

“Who is that you’re with?” Missy asked, gesturing to Mandy.

“This is Mandy.”

“This is Rebecca,” Missy said, pointing to the woman accompanying her.

The woman, Rebecca, had been the one to latch onto Levi outside of the event and call out his name so intimately.

“Hello,” Sara said, and Mandy echoed her.

“Are you guys shopping?” Missy asked.

“We are, but we’re almost done here, though,” Mandy said with a smile.

“Oh! Let’s have lunch together.” Missy gushed, glancing at her watch. “It’s well after one o’clock.”

“Um, we don’t want to keep you.” Sara glanced at Mandy, who overrode her with a laugh.

“The more the merrier,” her friend said, and Sara made sure not to groan.

The last thing she wanted was to spend an hour or more listening to Missy’s nonstop chatter about mindless things.

But more than that? Sara didn’t want to sit down to lunch with Levi’s…

Levi’s what?

She wasn’t sure who the woman was to Levi, but by the look of her, Sara would bet she was an ex-lover, girlfriend, or something.

Those two had a history, no doubt.

Twenty minutes later, they were seated at a table at the Executive Order Bar & Lounge. It was just after midday, so the music wasn’t too loud.

After ordering, Sara sat encased in one black leather chair that sat across from the couch where Mandy and Missy sat.

Rebecca sat in the chair next to Sara’s and placed her purse on the low table in front of them.

This particular mall restaurant had customers ordering their food choices at the front counter and then taking a seat. Missy and Mandy had become fast friends while waiting in line for food, so Sara didn’t feel the need to speak at all.

Rebecca felt differently.

“So, what is it you do, Sara?” Rebecca asked, turning slightly in the chair to face her.

“I manage a bar and lounge.”

Rebecca wrinkled her nose, and Sara tried hard not to scoff.

Their drinks and food were delivered and Sara sipped at her sparkling water.

“That sounds…fun,” Rebecca said with a haughty tone.

“It is very. Mandy works there too.”

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