Susie reached over and squeezed Hannah’s hand quickly. “Don’t worry about crying. Now that I have your permission, I’m on it. I’ll call my mom tomorrow. She’d love to see you anyway. Why don’t I talk with her, and we can arrange to go over for coffee or something?”
“Sounds good. Just thinking about getting this ball rolling makes me nervous as hell, but I know it has to happen. For now, I need to eat. I can only think about this in small doses,” Hannah said. She picked up the menu and started flipping through it.
Susie followed suit, and their conversation shifted to lighter matters. Kate came with their drinks and took the rest of their order. Hannah asked Susie for an update on the state of some of the places where she might be able to snag a job related to her degree. She needed to kn
