“Jared told me Wyatt saw us walking in together and freaked out for a minute when he thought we’d gone as a couple.”
Good grief, that was less than six months after Mike died. Why would he even think that? She furrowed her brows. “Besides, now it’s been a year, and a lot has changed. I think he’ll understand, especially since he found love again.”
“I hope.”
“We can call him now.” She raised a single shoulder, turning the statement into a question.
He reached for his phone. “Okay.”
“Wait.” Her hand flew out to stop him. “Should we give ourselves time to adjust as a couple before going public?”
“We could, but you want my honest opinion?” After she nodded, he continued. “I think it’s important we tell them soon. We’re happy at the moment, feeling invincible, but I’m not naïve enough to believe we won’t face more obstacles and struggle again with the issues that kept us from getting here two months ago. If we tell Wyatt, he’ll be praying for us, and I think we’ll need that.”
“I didn’t think of it that way, but you have a good point.” She sucked in a long gulp of air. “Make the call.”
“Sure?”
“Positive.”
Thumbing through his contacts, he saw Wyatt’s number then tappedCall.
Wyatt answered on the second ring. “Hey, man, what’s up?”
“I have something I wanted to tell you.” He started to put the call on speaker, but if Wyatt had an adverse reaction, he didn’t want Janie subjected to anything he might say.
“Must be serious to call this late.”
He glanced at the annoyingly loud clock on the wall. Was it really after ten already? “I didn’t realize it was so late. Sorry.”
“It’s fine. Meg’s reading up on a new system the library is thinking about installing so I’ve been relegated to watching reruns of reruns.”
“Sounds…fun.”
“Not exactly.” Wyatt laughed, and Evan could picture him rolling his eyes. “What’s going on?”
Why were words failing him? He stole a glimpse of his hand wrapped with Janie’s and smiled. “I’m seeing someone.”
“Cool. Anyone I know?”
“Janie.”
“Oh.” The tone of Wyatt’s reaction made it hard to decipher his thoughts on the matter.
“That’s it?”
Wyatt cleared his throat. “It took me by surprise, but I guess it shouldn’t have. I saw the way you looked at each other at my wedding, but Meg told me it was because I had romance on the mind.”
“That was months ago.”
“It took me seven years to come to my senses about Meg.”
“Touchè.” He stole a glimpse of Janie, who stared at him expectantly.
“What’s he saying?” she whispered.
“He’s good,” he mouthed.
“How long has this been going on?” Wyatt’s questions brought Evan’s attention back to the phone.
