CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
“Well, girl, I have to say… you do look radiant, and thank God for it.” Sakata smiled at her friend as they sat in the restaurant the next day. They were enjoying a leisurely lunch, chatting and catching up. “That man is doing you good.”
Maia grinned. “He is, Sak, he really is, and it’s not just Atom, but my whole life out there. It suits me, you know?”
“I can see that. A bookstore owner, a dog, a gorgeous man… all out in the beauty of Washington state. Makes me feel quite envious.”
Maia chuckled. “You’d give up Fifth Avenue for that?”
Sakata reeled back in mock-horror. “Wash your mouth out, Gahanna.” She laughed. “But we’re very different, Maia, that’s why I love you. I never said this but, before, with Zachary, in the world we live—”
“—I didn’t fit? I know that now
