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I laughed. “You have children to set a good example for. You won’t offend me.”
We were still looking at the menu when her phone vibrated.
“Go ahead.”
She smiled. “If you’re sure you don’t mind.”
I rolled my eyes.
“Oh!”
I looked up and watched as she hit the button to lock her phone and stuck it in her purse.
“I thought he was at dinner with Brian.”
“He is,” she said, not looking up at me.
“Nora?”
“I’m sorry, Emerson. I don’t know what to do.”
I tapped my lower lip with my finger. “If Stephen sent you a risqué photo, I hope you don’t think you’re being rude by not showing it to me. On the contrary?—”
“That isn’t what he sent,” she said, slowly taking her phone back out.
Nausea overcame me when she unlocked the screen. “Wait,” I said, holding up my hand. “Tell me what it is first.”
“Lynx.”
I closed my eyes when she handed me the phone, and then slowly opened one. There, between Stephen and Brian, was the man who owned my heart, whether he wanted it or not. I opened my other eye and studied his face. He was smiling, but didn’t look happy.
“He’s in Boston,” I murmured and then looked up at Nora. “Why?”
She shrugged. “Do you want me to ask?”
“No…wait, yes…no. Definitely no. Or…”
“I’ll ask later, when we’re home.”
“Good idea.” I tried to focus on the menu, but everything was a blur. I wasn’t sure I was even hungry. But this was a celebration dinner, so it would be very rude of me not to order anything. Plus, Nora had driven all the way to Newport, and she brought the girls, so I couldn’t ruin dinner just because the man who broke my heart was in Boston and hadn’t even tried to get in touch with me. I jumped up when my eyes filled with tears. “Be right back,” I said, handing her phone back and racing toward the ladies’ room.
When I came back out, I could tell by the look on her face that Nora had responded to Stephen’s text.
“What?”
“He planned to surprise you, but ‘you don’t live in the building anymore.’ That’s a direct quote.”
“How could he not know? Saint knew exactly where to find me.”
“You’ll have to ask him.”
I heard her phone vibrate again.
“Stephen wants to know if it’s okay for him to tell him where you are.”
I stared into my friend’s eyes. Why wouldn’t I want him to know? “Is there a reason I shouldn’t?” There must be since Tommy didn’t tell him. Why didn’t Tommy tell him? Nora was typing something on her phone. “What did you say?”
“I gave him the address of the restaurant.”
