A thread of awkwardness still connected her and Adam while they waited for their food. He made small talk and didn’t seem to care that she barely contributed to the conversation. She couldn’t. Every internal organ was quaking, shaking, wondering what in the world she was doing.
Dating her late husband’s best friend? Who did that?
But Maya hadn’t seemed to have a problem with it, on any of the numerous occasions Janey had brought it up with her. She really needed to talk to Gretchen about it, but she didn’t want to. Didn’t want this weekend to be anything but perfect for her best friend. And besides, Adam wanted to keep their relationship in the shadows for now too.
Their number was called, and he got up to get their food. When he returned, she’d finally managed to quell the tremors in h
