Sarah shrugged. "Anything is possible if you wait long enough. Why don't you just make sure you come back to Kansas City, in one piece, and we will see?" she replied.
"Now, there is a thought that is guaranteed to distract a man from his duty. I will do my best." Ryan popped a bit of chicken in his mouth and started chewing. Sarah too picked on her food some more.
"You know," Sarah said tentatively, after a minute or two, with a glance at him from under her lashes, "yesterday, at the Smiths' house, when I said those things about you to Damien..."
He glanced up, eyes cautious. "Yeah?"
"I did not mean... I mean, I did not intend... I was just trying to make Damien think..." Sarah was at a loss for words.
He did not answer, just waited to let her complete. When she finally did, he opened
