“You finally brought someone worth introducing.”
Boone sighs.
“Mary…”
“What?”
“You’ve been single for years,” she says, with a wink.
“It was getting suspicious.”
I laugh before I can stop myself.
Boone shakes his head.
“This is why I don’t come into town often.”
Mary points toward a booth by the window.
“Sit.”
“Coffee’s on the house.”
Boone leans toward me as we walk to the booth.
“Sorry about this.”
“Why?”
“Small towns.”
I slide into the seat across from him.
“I like it.”
Mary appears with two mugs of coffee before we even ask.
“Here you go.”
She sets them down, then leans slightly on the table.
“So.”
She gestures between us.
“How’d you two meet?”
Boone doesn’t miss a beat.
“Work.”
Mary raises an eyebrow.
“That must be some interesting work.”
“You have no idea,” I say.
Boone kicks my foot under the table lightly.
