Feeling the need to get away and have some time on his own to think, Ward went to The Pub and chose a booth in a dark corner farthest from the door. His usual server came over. She asked the usual question of why he wasn’t there with Tyler and commented that they hadn’t been in for lunch together in a while. He glossed this over with some excuse that Tyler was busy learning the business from his father and so…
He placed his order, and she left. He had been tempted to order a beer, but resisted. Drinking wasn’t going to solve this problem.
Just as his burger and fries arrived, so did the last person in Summerville he’d want to see at this moment.
“Hello there, you naughty boy,” came the familiar female voice. “You’ve been avoiding me, haven’t you?” Emme Lou slid into the booth opposite W
