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Sariah looked up to see Carrington walk into the store. She finished up with the customer she was helping and then went into the office to grab her purse.
“Ready to go?” Carrington asked when she came back out.
“Yep.”
“I can drive if you want,” Carrington offered.
“Sounds good to me.” Sariah followed her friend out of the store and out to the parking lot.
Carrington unlocked the car with her key fob, and Sariah climbed inside.
“How are you holding up?” Carrington asked when they’d gotten inside.
“I’m having a hard day.”
Carrington started the engine. “I can’t believe he has a kid on the way. Talk about bad timing.”
“I hope he’s not mad that I told you. He seemed to want it kept secret,” Sariah said. She hadn’t thought about that until after she’d already told Carrington.
“Don’t worry. I won’t say anything to anyone.”
“I know you’re not really the gossiping type, which is rare in this town.”
Carrington laughed. “That’s true. Most people in Maple Creek are eager to spread secrets around.”
“That’s just part of living in a small town where everyone knows each other.”
“I wouldn’t have it any other way. I love it here,” Carrington said.
“Yeah, as long as they aren’t talking about you,” Sariah said.
Carrington laughed and pulled into the parking lot of the sandwich shop. “So far, I’ve been too boring to talk about. All I do is work at the art museum and hang out with my dad.”
“That could change overnight. I used to be considered boring in this town,” Sariah said. “Now everyone’s talking about me dating Kane.”
“Well, that is pretty juicy gossip.”
“I don’t think I’m going to give them much to talk about anymore.”
“You don’t think you can work things out with him?”
“I don’t know if he wants to, first of all. We were pretty close to rekindling our old relationship, although I don’t know how it would have worked out unless we decided we wanted to do the long-distance thing.”
“And then the pregnancy secret came out.”
“Well, it was bound to eventually.”
“That’s a good point. It’s not like he can hide the fact that he has a kid,” Carrington said.
“I guess technically he could. Lots of guys have secret families.” Sariah climbed out of the car.
“Yeah, but I don’t think Kane is one of those guys.” Carrington stepped out of the driver’s side.
“I don’t get why he was keeping the baby thing from me.” Sariah closed her door.
They walked toward the restaurant. “Have you talked to him about it?” Carrington asked.
“Not yet. He tried to call me last night, but I wasn’t in the mood to talk to him.”