My coffee was ice-cold, but I was still clutching the mug like it was keeping me from floating away. Across the table at Pike Place Market, Bella Romano was stiff as a board. Her eyes darted around, showing anger mixed with something that looked a lot like the pain I had given her five years ago.
Mikel Sterling hadn't blinked since they walked in. Smart guy. If I were him, I'd be figuring out how badly I, the ex-boyfriend popping up during a family mess, could mess things up.
"James," Bella said, her voice steady like she was trying not to blow a fuse. "You said this was about Emma. You've got five minutes before I walk."
Five years. It had been five years since I'd seen her, heard her, felt what it was like to love someone who was with someone else. Even now, with Mikel giving off a "b
