Julietta glanced at Raine, then at the door. How did she get away before Elliot embarrassed her in front of her friends?

“What the heck,” she thought next. “Let me go and speak to him. Maybe he will listen to some sense.”

Julietta walked down the small aisle between the tables at a brisk pace, bearing down on Elliot.

“What are you doing here?” she asked as soon as she reached his table.

“Wow!” Elliot exclaimed. “That’s the second time that ...