Four Last First Dates by Kate O'Keeffe

Author:Kate O'Keeffe [O'Keeffe, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-09T05:00:00+00:00

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The following day, Paige and I left Sophie in charge of the café to go on our very first Cozy Cottage Catering job. It was only a light lunch and finger food for twelve members of a board, who were meeting at a location downtown. But as it was our first, we were treating it as though we were catering to royalty.

We were due to meet Jason at the venue, a high-rise building in the center of town, and I’ll admit I was more nervous about seeing him than I was about the job. He’d been playing on my mind since we met a couple of days ago.

“Can you to tell me what happened on Saturday afternoon? You know, after you left so suddenly when Jason came to the café?” Paige asked as I drove us through the busy city streets to the hotel.

I came to a stop at a set of traffic lights. “I guess.”

“Come on, Bailey. You can tell me. I’ve been trying to work it out and I came up with one possibility.”

I glanced at my friend in the passenger seat. Her face was creased in concern for me, and I had a sudden desire to come clean with her.

“I know this is going to sound really stupid, and I’m kind of embarrassed. But the thing is, Jason reminded me of someone.” I tightened my grip on the steering wheel.

“Dan.” Paige’s voice was soft.

I snapped my head in her direction. “How did you know?”

“After you left, Josh came by to pick me up and he said the same thing. He said it gave him a shock to see someone who looked so much like his brother.”

“Oh.”

“Look, why don’t you drop me and the food at the venue? Jason and I can manage just fine without you.”

I shot her a smile. Paige was such a sweet friend and her kindness had me blinking back the tears—not exactly a good thing when driving through the thick traffic in New Zealand’s busiest city.

As tempting as her offer was, I didn’t want to be a coward. I’d be seeing Jason again on Saturday. I needed to “woman-up” here.

“That’s really thoughtful of you, Paige, but no. I’ll do it. It was just the initial shock, that’s all. I’ll be fine.”

Truth be told, I wasn’t particularly fine. The moment I laid eyes on Jason, dressed in a pair of black pants and white shirt, looking every inch the high-end waiter we’d instructed him to be, my tummy tied in knots, and I had to resist the strong urge to run again.

Paige took the lead with him, telling him what we needed him to do, giving me the chance to hide out, busying myself with the food prep. Which is what I did, spending the entirety of the job managing to avoid looking at him.

I probably came across as some sort of weirdo, but I didn’t care. This was survival, people! Well, at least until I got used to having the spitting image of my former fiancé around.

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