Ashlyn’s mouth dropped open.“Are you sleeping with my neighbor?”
“Maybe?”
Ashlyn grabbed my hand and tugged me to the couch.“I hope that maybe is because you didn’t want to tell me and not because he’s so bad that you can’t count it as sex.”
“Definitely not that one,” I blurted.
Ashlyn grinned.“Why didn’t you tell me?”
I shrugged.“I felt like I was rubbing it in your face.”
“That you’re having fun?What kind of friend would I be if I didn’t want you to find someone great?”
“I just… I don’t know.It felt mean.”
Ashlyn shook her head.“It’s only mean if you don’t tell me every single detail.Starting with how in the hell you two started talking, let alone playing hide the sausage.”
I barked a laugh at the way she waggled her eyebrows and told her everything from Josh bringing me coffee to our early morning talks to what happened that morning.
“I don’t really know him, but he was always nice.Josh keeps to himself, so I never got to know Christy either.They’re really close.And another guy, Oscar.He lives across the bay.”
“I can’t imagine what she’s going through.I invited her to go on his boat today with us.”
“He’s taking you on his boat?”
“Actually, he’s taking us on his boat.”
“Me, too?”
I nodded.“He invited us a week ago.Evie is with her mom this weekend.”
Ashlyn’s face twisted into a scowl.“Now, that one I do not like.Hannah thinks everyone should bow down to her.She tried to buy one of the houses I manage, and the owner told me she was a nightmare.They weren’t even selling the house, but she decided she wanted it, and she made their lives hell for months.”
“She sounds like a piece of work.Josh said she scares off anyone he dates.”
“I believe it.She’s still in love with him.”
“I thought he said she was remarried.”
Ashlyn snorted.“Oh, please, like that matters.She probably thought getting married would make him see what he let go of.She didn’t account for him being happier without her.”
“Maybe.I don’t know.It doesn’t really matter.”
“Unless you stay in town.”
“What?”How did she know I was thinking about that?
“I’m just saying.You haven’t sounded all that happy in MacKellar Cove lately.Maybe you should move here.Live with me.Until you move in with Josh.”
“I’m not moving in with Josh.”
“Not today, but maybe one day.”
I got up and went to the kitchen to delay replying.I made coffee, stalling for time while I came up with something.
“You’re avoiding me.That means you’re hiding something.What is it?”
I shook my head.“I’ve been looking for jobs here.”
