“Keep it for gas,” Josh said.
“Thanks. Tessa, you don’t mind if I leave now that Josh is here?”
An inexplicable wave of apprehension almost made her urge Myles to stay.
Myles cleared his throat. “A friend. You guys know her from church. Kaitlyn Flynn. She lives with Jack and Suzi Hill. She’s in my algebra class at the college. She texted me for some help with our assignment. The Hills’ house is on my way home. If I leave now, it won’t be too late to stop.”
Tessa was pretty sure she’d never heard Myles string together that many words about himself in one conversation. “Go ahead. I’ve showed you how I judge and choose the movies. That’s what you wanted.”
“Yeah. I’ll come in early on Friday to be here for the candy delivery.”
“That would be great.” Tessa pinched her lips and held her breath until she heard Myles’s last footfall on the stairs. Then she broke out in laughter. “Poor boy. From what Suzi told me, their former foster child Kaitlyn is a math whiz.”
“So her call for help was all a setup.” He joined in Tessa’s laughter. “I should warn him.”
“And break his heart? What guy doesn’t want to be the white knight riding in on his trusty steed—in this case, math skills—to save the damsel in distress?”
“True. But some of us have more finessed rescue skills.”
“You’ve never been watching from the outside.”
He grinned. “So that’s what you do, watch my moves?”
His tease hit a little too close to the mark. Sad as it sounded to her, she did watch him with other women, wondering when he’d start dating someone and have less time for her. Another sign she was too dependent on their friendship.
“Who could miss them? But get serious. Before Myles got back with your food, you said you had news.”
Josh unwrapped his burger and lifted the roll. “Catsup, mustard, pickle. Good. They didn’t forget the mustard.”
Sometimes Josh was as reticent in his communication as Myles. “That’s the news, the diner puts catsup, mustard and pickles on its burgers?”
He lifted his pointer finger while he finished chewing the bite he’d taken of the sandwich. His throat muscles worked as he swallowed. “Connor got a phone call from our father today.” His jaw hardened. Josh placed the burger on its wrapper on the table.
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