Not Easily Broken by T. D. Jakes

Author:T. D. Jakes [JAKES, T. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780759569249
Publisher: FaithWords
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

His friend’s eyes moved back and forth, from his face to Julie’s. “I was sitting over in the back there. I didn’t even see you guys come in.”

“Well, hey, Brock, whassup?” Dave said, doing his best imitation of a man who was glad to see someone. “I didn’t know you ever came to this place.”

“Well, my office is just down the street,” Brock said. “I come here all the time. But I never saw you here before.”

“Hey, Coach Brock,” Julie said. “Who’s ahead today, the good guys or the bad guys?”

“Hard to tell, Julie, hard to tell. Depends on whom you’re representing, I guess.”

“Integrity for sale,” she said, shaking her head.

“Ouch. I really wish you hadn’t found out I was a lawyer until a little later on in our relationship.”

She shrugged and grinned. “I call ’em as I see ’em.”

Dave felt a little surge of jealousy. Those words are for me, not him.

“I’ll bet you do. Well, gotta run, guys,” he said, clamping a hand on Dave’s shoulder and giving it a brotherly squeeze. “No rest for the innocent.”

“So what’s your excuse?” Julie said.

Brock pointed at her and shook his head. “Shame on you. I’m going to have to change my opinion of you.” He gave them a final grin and wave. Dave thought his eyes lingered on them for an extra instant, then he turned toward the cash register and started reaching for his wallet.

Dave turned back to Julie. “Well. I didn’t expect to see him in here today.”

“Who did you expect?”

He moved his fork around on his plate for a few seconds. “You, I guess.”

“Okay then. Mission accomplished.”

He gave her a guilty grin from under his eyebrows. “Yeah.”

“I gotta get back to work,” she said, reaching for her purse. He put a hand on her arm.

“No, I got this.”

“No, definitely not,” she said. Her voice had an edge to it, one that told him he needed to sit back and pay attention. “I’ll pay for my own this time.”

“Sure. Well, then . . . thanks for meeting me on such short notice.”

She softened slightly. “Thanks for calling. I think.”

He gave her another twisted grin. “Yeah. I think, too.”

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