Milk Chocolate Kisses by Cecelia Dowdy

Author:Cecelia Dowdy [Dowdy, Cecelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Divine Desserts Publishing LLC
Published: 2020-01-30T16:00:00+00:00

An hour later, Frank sat in a pew at Dairy Christian Church. Once the sermon finished, Frank mulled over the pastor’s words about forgiveness. Heat, thick as the tropics, blasted at him once he stepped outside. People scurried to their cars, anxious to avoid the dreaded high temperatures.

He glanced around the sea of brown faces and stopped when he spotted Emily. Her white dress cascaded over her slim brown body, and her dark tresses were pulled into a severe ponytail, accenting her high cheekbones and full lips.

Kelly and Christine stood beside Emily. Laughter floated from the three women, and he wondered what they were talking about. Emily lifted her head, looking directly at him. Her smile faltered.

“Hi, Emily.” He focused on Kelly and Christine. “Nice seeing you again, Kelly, Christine.”

“Hey.” Both Kelly and Christine greeted him at the same time. Kelly grinned. Her eyes sparkled as if she were hiding a secret. She whispered something to Emily before she rushed to her car.

He folded his arms in front of his chest. “I hope she didn’t leave because of me.”

“No, she’s meeting somebody.”

Christine spoke up. “I need to go, too. There’s a sale going on at some of the stores at the Inner Harbor, and I was going to go and look around.”

Emily touched Christine’s shoulder. “Is everything okay? I don’t want you going shopping, buying things you can’t afford just to make yourself feel better.”

Christine shook her head. “I didn’t lose my job, but I just discovered they only went through the first round of layoffs. They’re going to do more within the next couple of weeks.” She shrugged. “Maybe I’ll just look around the stores and not buy anything.”

“Did you want to share lunch with me instead?” Emily made the generous offer.

Christine shook her head. “No thanks. See you later, Em. Bye Frank.” She then rushed to her car.

They stood awkwardly on the hot sidewalk. “I was shocked to see you here today, Frank.”

He didn’t know what to say about that. He was shocked that he was here, too. People walked around them, and she touched his arm, leaning in a bit closer. “You don’t look like you feel very well, and your eyes are red. Are you sick?” He sighed. How was he going to answer her? “Did you have too much to drink last night?”

He pulled his arm away. “I don’t want to talk about that right now.”

“Is there something else you wanted to talk to me about?”

He touched her arm. “I never got a chance to talk to you about the audit the other day when you came to my apartment.”

“Oh, I’d forgotten all about that with everything you told me.” She clutched the strap of her purse. “I’m getting ready to eat lunch. I could call you this afternoon if you want.”

“Were you going out to eat?”

“Kelly, Christine, and I were planning to go to the Dairy Village Market for lunch, but they bailed on me. Christine is pressed to go to this sale, and I don’t have the energy to go shopping with her.

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