Bachelor Number Five (The Bachelor Series, Volume 1) - Plot & Excerpts
said Ariel, the slight Hispanic waiter at The Hamburger Hut who was responsible for training Amanda on this Tuesday afternoon.“What friend?” Amanda was confused. How many friends did she even have around here?“You know, your high school friend. The Texas surfer boy.”“Grant? Was here?” Amanda shot a glance around the restaurant, as if expecting him to be there still.“Why not? Nobody serves a better burger than we do.”“Is he coming back to work?”“Him? No…” They made their way through the dining room, resetting a few empty tables while a smattering of diners ate lunch around them. “But I told him about you,” Ariel continued.“Me?! What did you say?!” Amanda’s eyes lit up.“I told him some girl from his high school just got a job here. He had no idea who you were. I didn’t remember your name or I would have told him.”“Oh, that’s ok, I hardly knew him,” Amanda looked away. “He was a couple years older than me.”“That’s funny, ‘cause he said it wasn’t that big a school he went to.”“Uh, huh. Does he come in here very often?”“That’s the first time since he got fired.”“I thought he quit.”“Quit, fired, whatever. It was mutual.”“Did he say where he’s working now?”“I think he’s getting some money from that show. You know, the bridal show.”“The Bride.”“Yeah, I don’t think he’s working anywhere else. I didn’t ask, though. He was always doing auditions, you know. Maybe he got a commercial or something.”“Hmm…” It was the second time in the past week that someone she’d known had run into him. Amanda was bound to meet Grant before too long herself. Fate would bring them together. She had to believe it.A woman close to Amanda’s age came into the restaurant by herself and was quickly seated by Chelsea, the hostess. “Looks like we’ve got our first movie star of the day,”
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