Page 205 of Finding Us

“Hey.” He smiles at Sara, then sits next to me, putting his arm around the back of my chair. “I see you met my wife.”

She looks confused. “Your wife?”

“That’s who the coffee was for yesterday. This is my wife, Jade.”

“Um, yeah, we’ve met.” Sara says it slowly.

I look at Garret. “I didn’t know you’d met Sara.”

“I didn’t know I had. She didn’t tell me her name.” He turns to her and extends his hand. “Hi, Sara. I’m Garret. Now we’ve officially met.”

“Hi.” She weakly shakes his hand.

“Jade was telling me you have a son.”

“Yeah. His name’s Caleb.”

“She also said she volunteered us to babysit.”

“Actually, I don’t need you to now.”

“Why not?” I ask her. “That guy said no to dinner?”

Sara’s cheeks are bright red. She’s probably embarrassed to talk about guys in front of Garret. That’s girl talk.

Garret gets up. “I need to use the restroom. I’ll be right back.”

Sara waits for him to leave, then says, “I didn’t ask that guy out. And I’m not going to.”

“Why not?”

Sara slumps into the chair Garret was just sitting in. “Because you’re married to him.”

“Garret’s the guy you were talking about?”

She nods.

I laugh. “I should’ve guessed that when you said it was a hot guy who was also nice. ”

“I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to say all that stuff about your husband. I swear, I thought he was single. I didn’t see the ring.”

“Don’t worry about it. I think it’s kind of funny.”

We see him coming out of the bathroom. She grabs my arm. “Please don’t tell him. I’m already so embarrassed.”

“I won’t tell him. I promise. It’s our little secret.”

She stands up and gives Garret his chair back. Her face is still red as she pulls out two menus. “I’ll give you some time to decide what you want.” She hurries off to the kitchen.

“She seems nervous or something,” Garret says as he reviews the menu.

“She’s just tired. Her baby is teething so she was up all night.”

He shuts his menu. “Grilled ham and cheese. That’s what I’m getting. What do you want?”

“I think I’ll get the turkey.”

“I’ll go order at the counter so she doesn’t have to come back here.”

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