It was probably going to be a little awkward to see him after the first and only time they’d talked since she’d come back to town, but it wasn’t like they had a lot of restaurants to choose from in Derring. The restaurant’s worn brick façade was visible from the turning lane where she sat waiting for a green light. Two of the large windows facing the road had signs in them advertising $9.99 lunch specials. Once she reached the parking lot, Jemma spotted Emily Rose’s car and Carolina’s rental. She got out of Mary’s car, straightened the skirt of her paisley sundress, and told herself that she wasn’t going to make a big deal out of it if she saw him. They were just two people who’d shared something small in another life. That was it. She entered into the cool, dark interior of the restaurant and was hit simultaneously by a blast of cold air and the smell of onions and stale cigarette smoke. Couldn’t have a restaurant that was popular with truckers that was non-smoking.
