Her certainty made me blush. I couldn’t help but ask, “But what about him and Jessica…”

“Come on, you know exactly what Jessica’s like,” Erin said, rolling her eyes.

Just then, a call from Ethan came through. When I went downstairs, I found that he had already been waiting for ten minutes. A light sheen of sweat dotted his forehead from standing under the sun. Smiling, he handed me a bag. “I got the restaurant’s signature dish packed up for ...