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“I surrender,” I said when the final course, a dessert made of strawberries, sheep’s yogurt, and pink peppercorns, was put in front of me. “Please bring the tab to me,” I said to the waiter.
“I’m sorry?” he said with scrunched eyes.
“The bill? Check?” I looked from the confused man to Noah, realizing he’d already taken care of it.
“That’s hardly fair. I lost the wager,” I said when the waiter walked away.
He shrugged. “You made a valiant effort. Besides, you did say it wouldn’t count if you couldn’t eat more because you were full.”
“Yes, but you tasted everything too. We should’ve at least split it.”
I did manage a small taste of dessert before Noah requested it be boxed to go.
“See? You won, after all. I didn’t try this one.”
“You let me win.”
He shrugged. “I like seeing you smile, Sera.”
I realized I had been for most of the evening. While part of me felt guilty for enjoying myself when my sister was in the bowels of hell, I knew Noah’s only agenda was to help keep my mind off the next few days.
I didn’t doubt they’d be the hardest of my life. Harder than seeing my father languishing comatose for four years.
“Thank you,” I said as we walked two doors down to the apartment. “Both for dinner, and for keeping my mind off my sister for at least a little while.”
“You’re welcome.”
I tucked my arm through his and was about to rest my head on his shoulder when Noah abruptly spun around.
“Stay behind me.”
With my face buried in his back, I watched him pull out his gun, then put it back.
“Come on, let’s get inside.”
“What happened?” I asked once we were safely in the apartment.
“I overreacted.”
“To what?”
“I saw someone watching us. When he reached in his pocket, I assumed it was for a gun.”
“What was it?”
“A phone.”
“That’s odd. Someone menacing-looking enough you believed they’d pull a gun?”
“I believe he may have been taking photos.”
“Of us?”
