Watched“Okay,” he said. “It's time to settle up.”
Josh had that special look in his eyes and hadn't diverted his gaze elsewhere the entire evening. Anticipation, both nerve-wracking and exciting, filled Mindy's mind. Adrenalin flowed. His attention excited her, but he wouldn't propose again. She had made it known that her childhood bout of life-threatening rheumatic fever left her with severe health problems that she didn't wish on anyone.
They were huddled in a booth in the area's only vegetarian restaurant, a refurbished antiquated house on the edge of Walnut Grove in the Sacramento River Delta. The Delta is a sprawl of rivers, channels and canals that formed islands in a far-reaching portion of California's Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. The cafe was their favorite place to discu
