"Wow," she texted back. "That's a very good one." She waited a few moments, but he didn't text anything else. Oh crap, my customer!

"Sorry about the hold ma'am…" Oh what in the hell had they been talking about?

By the time Hayden arrived at her second job, she was very frazzled and knew that she was acting as awkward as she felt. "So, I got us Italian wedding soup… with the meatballs," she said. Then she hurried into the canteen where Brian was waiting with her ...