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“You were formally questioning me a couple of days ago over a murder that I know I’m a suspect in, Noah,” I reminded him. “You probably shouldn’t even be standing here talking to me right now.”
His lips pulled to one side in an annoyingly delicious smile. “You’re having dinner with my twin sister and my grandmother.”
“Neither of whom are involved in the investigation. More to point, I can have dinner with the Grim Reaper if I so choose.” I held up my card as Tracy returned with the drinks, and she turned to the register to ring up the order.
“Now there’s a dinner I’d crash,” he replied. He opened his mouth to say something when he jerked his head around, and I leant backwards to see who he was looking at.
Kayla was smiling as she walked towards us, but that smile quickly dropped when she saw me.
“Great,” I muttered, turning back to the bar and catching Tracy’s eye.
Tracy cleared her throat, fighting a smile, and offered me the card machine.
“I thought you were having dinner with your sister,” Noah said, bending down when she reached up to kiss him.
Call me daft, but I’d swear he tilted his head just the tiniest amount so she missed his mouth.
I tapped my card against the machine and waited for it to show approved.
It didn’t.
“It wants your PIN, hun,” Tracy said, still fighting back her smile.
Of course, it did.
And of course, she was smiling.
It wasn’t likeeveryoneknew of our epic teenage summer romances, was it?Noooo.
“I am,” Kayla said. “We thought we’d stop in for a drink first. I didn’t know you were going to be here. I thought you were with Jamie and Brandon.”
“They’re in the beer garden,” he answered. “Where else would we be?”
“I don’t know, but you didn’t tell me you’d be with her.”
I met Tracy’s gaze with a grimace and slid my card out of the machine.
At least it worked that time.
“I’m not,” Noah said, his tone more than a little tired. “We both just happen to be here.”
“Your food will be out in few. I know how Gwen gets,” Tracy said, tearing the receipt. “Especially after a martini.”
“If it’s anything like Ash after two glasses of wine, we’ll need the food,” I said, putting my card away and tucking my purse under my arm so I could pick up the tray. “Thanks, Trace.”
“Gwen?” Kayla asked, staring at me when I turned around. She quickly turned back to Noah. “She’s having dinner with your grandmother? Why doesn’t she ever invite me?”
“It’s probably because of the cottage pie,” I quipped, grinning.
Kayla hit me with a murderous glare.
Before she could say anything, I looked at Noah and said, “I’ll tell Jamie and Brandon you’re waiting for them in here.”
I flashed him a sweet smile and turned away, carrying the tray back through the bar to the beer garden.
Brandon and Jamie both looked at me when I returned alone.
“What did you do to him?” Jamie asked.
