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“Yes. I do.”
She nods, lips pressed in a thin line. “Okay. I’ll trust you. You get one free pass.”
That was easy.
Too easy.
“You sure you’re okay? I really like you, Sue. I’d hate for this to interfere with our friendship. I’d understand if you didn’t want to talk to me for a while.”
The slightest curl of her lip draws my focus. “We’re friends?”
“I hope so.”
“Cool. I’d like that.”
I spread my arms tentatively. “Hug it out?”
She cringes. “Oh, no fecking way.”
My hands fall to my sides.
She snort-laughs. “Not to be rude, but clearly, your intel wasn’t complete if you thought a hug was a good idea.”
Simple as that, the tension breaks.
We head toward the door, but she pauses before opening it and faces me. “I’m not mad. Truthfully, I figured it out already.”
“You did?”
Her gaze sinks, landing on her shoes. “I might have profiled you. And everyone else here too.”
“Sue, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”
Her answering grin is sunny and bright, warming my heart.
She starts to go, but this time I stop her. “You know what?”
“What?” she asks.
“You still have four favorite things.”
Her expression grows serious. “How?”
I point at her tummy. “You’ve got the fourth growing in there.”
Her nostrils twitch, and her chin trembles as she fights off the emotions. “Good point. Thanks, Mia. For being honest with me and helping take my mind off what happened to my mother-in-law.”
We quickly pad down the hall to return to the meeting but come to a sharp stop by Peggy’s desk.
“What are you two doing here?” Sue asks, hands going to her hips. “And how did you get in here with the increased security measures?”
“The front desk guard called me, and I approved them. We go way back,” Peggy offers.
The couple in front of us looks familiar, but I’m struggling to place them.
A cotton-candy pink-haired, extremely pregnant woman smiles warmly at Sue. Flanking her is a strikingly attractive Theo James doppelganger.
And a few steps behind him is Lettie Holt.
