The next morning, Amanda Sutton left extra early to ensure that she would be at the swim meet well before time. Normally she would just leave early, but she wanted to prevent karma from biting her in the butt. It would be just her luck if she got caught in a traffic jam or something and was late twice in a row, which would cement Teague’s opinion of her as an incompetent.
She therefore got to the swimming pool with over an hour to spare, and decided to stop in at the coffee shop nearby for coffee and a chocolate éclair.
When she walked into the shop, her eyes glanced casually over the patrons already there.
Damn. Teague was sitting in a corner booth.
Worse, he looked up just as her eyes fell upon him.
Amanda nodded in his direction, then turned to give her order to the counter clerk.
What should she do? If she stayed in the shop, as she had intended to do, it would be only polite of her to go ask Teague if she could join him. If she walked out of the shop, she’d have to eat her breakfast in her car.
Not that that would be bad…she had a comfy car.
But when she received her order and turned, she found that the decision had been made for her. Teague was just disappearing out the door.
Well, that cemented it, Amanda thought as she found a booth and bit savagely into her éclair. Teague did *not like her. And he couldn’t be bothered to be polite, or at the very least professional, and not let that dislike show. Which cemented her dislike of him.
She was tempted to tell Cheryl she was quitting. Serve Teague right. But she couldn’t do that to Cheryl or to the kids.
Amanda finished her éclair, and decided she needed another one to fortify herself for the day ahead.
Then, checking her watch, she decided it was time, and headed for the swimming pool.
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