“You didn’t say she was coming here.”
“I didn’t know,” Thad murmured back.
“It was good to see you.” I lifted my hands and stepped back, not wanting to intrude, but I couldn’t keep from looking out to the lake, to where a blue paddleboat bobbed along near the shoreline. All I could see were the backs of Amber’s blonde head and her friend’s black-haired head, but longing and regret and more emotions I struggled to name wrestled for dominance in my heart. “I’ll get back to my walk.”
“Wait,” Thad blurted as I backed up the driveway and turned toward the trail. He extricated himself from Shauna.
“Don’t go after her.” This time, Shauna’s whisper wasn’t that soft, and there was a note of warning in it.
Despite my vow to reserve judgment—I was sure she saw me as the Other Woman and some kind
