“She’d been ducking me at the diner, ignoring my calls, and hadn’t answered any of my text messages. I’d seen her at the grocery store over the weekend. She’d been crouched down in the cold and flu aisle, checking out a couple different bottles of medicine. She looked like hell and my heart churned at the thought of her spending the weekend alone, sick, and undoubtedly missing her son. I’d called out to her, but when she turned to see me, she rolled her eyes, threw both bottles in her basket, an...d walked the opposite direction down the store aisle. When she wasn’t at work on the following Monday, I knew something was up. I asked Patrice where she was, and after a few tries, finally coaxed her to confess that Kat had called in sick. I abandoned my normal lunch order, and instead, asked for two bowls of soup and two cheese sandwiches to go. Patrice looked a little nervous, but in the end went to the kitchen to put in my order. Several minutes later, she reappeared, and set the bag down on the edge of my table.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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