Coming to a Crossroads by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-05T18:45:21+00:00

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“That was fun,” Liz cried, trying to catch her breath as the fifth dance in a row ended. She leaned against Ethan, trying to brace herself. “But I think we could use a break.”

“Oh, are we tired?” Ethan asked her, amused. He kept his arm around her waist, enjoying the contact while he could.

Liz drew in a deep breath. She wasn’t in as good condition as she had believed, even with all the constant running around she did.

“Definitely,” she managed to get out.

“Say no more,” Ethan told her.

Taking her hand, he led Liz back to their table. As it turned out, Jimmy and Pete were now seated at their table. They were each there with their own plus-ones.

Jimmy glanced in their direction as Liz and Ethan approached the table. He grinned broadly at Ethan, and a look of mild recognition passed over his face. He squinted slightly as if he was trying to focus not just his eyes but his mind as well.

Rising, Jimmy nodded at Ethan. “Glad you could pull yourself away from that clinic of yours to come to Joel’s wedding,” he told Ethan with a good-natured laugh. Then, turning his attention toward the woman with Ethan, he put out his hand. “Hi, I’m Ethan’s best friend.” He cocked his head, studying her more closely. “Have we met?”

The woman who was sitting beside him and was apparently his date for the wedding groaned. “Now that’s original,” she murmured dismissively under her breath.

“No, I’m serious. You look kind of familiar—but I can’t place you,” he admitted. “And I really think I would have remembered someone like you,” he added with an appreciative chuckle.

His date groaned again, more loudly this time.

Rather than make him jump through mental hoops, trying to recall the exact details, Liz told him, “We’ve met.”

Jimmy looked as if he’d just caught the brass ring. “I thought so,” he declared, looking pleased with himself for having been right. The problem was, he was still drawing a blank as to her identity and exactly where and when they had met.

“Refresh my memory,” he requested.

Ethan picked that moment to come to Liz’s rescue. “I don’t think so, Jimmy,” he told his friend. “If you can’t remember, then that’s your problem.”

“Ah, c’mon, give me a hint.” He looked from Ethan to the woman with him, much to the annoyance of the woman he had brought to the wedding. It was obvious she didn’t like taking a back seat to another woman, and until just now, she hadn’t had to. “Please, Ethan?” Jimmy asked. “Trying to remember who your date is will drive me crazy all night.”

“Well, can’t have that, can we?” Liz said, deciding to put the man out of his misery. “I drove you home.”

Liz watched the other man’s face to see if the proverbial lightbulb went off.

It didn’t.

“You did?” Jimmy questioned, clearly still at a loss about the details of the incident—or even the incident itself. “Did I, um, ask you to come in?” He was obviously trying to recreate the event in his mind and getting nowhere.

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