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“Oh, I don’t know.” He blew his breath out, and Emma had heard that before.I don’t knowfor Robert meant he wasn’t there to stay. He could come or go, according to his whims—and he did.
“Jason’s graduating,” Emma said.
“Yes.” He signaled to the hostess that there would be two of them, and she led them to a table. Emma kept breathing in and out while they settled down, looked at the menu, and ordered drinks.
Then she leaned toward him and said, “Listen, Robert, the reason I wanted to meet with you is because I have to tell you something.”
He reached for his water glass, his keen eyes missing nothing. “Okay.”
Emma swallowed, finding her throat beyond dry. She too reached for her water and took a small sip. Her stomach raged at her to flee from this place. Keep her mouth shut, and just go back to the system they’d been using before. It had worked. No one had gotten hurt.
At the same time, her heart wailed at her that it had been hurt. She was terribly lonely, and she wanted her daughter with her. She wanted to build a family with Ted.
In that moment, she realized just how right Ginger had been. Maybe she had started to fall in love with Ted Burrows.
That thought gave her the confidence and strength she needed to open her mouth and say, “We have a ten-year-old daughter, and I thought you should finally know.”
