“Uh, yeah. That’s who I got it from,” I replied. Then I turned back to the woman sitting next to me. She smiled, and, in an instant, something struck me as odd about it. But before I could put any more thought into her smile, she held out her hand.
“I’m Gayle,” she said.
I took her hand in mine, and she gave it a gentle squeeze.
“Jess,” I replied.
As she released me from her soft hand, I heard Rachel’s voice.
“Ok, hope you like what we got, because we’re not gonna go back and stand in line.”
I turned and looked up, as Rachel and Kate stopped in front of me.
“Oh, hey, Gayle,” said Kate.
Apparently, the two were acquainted.
Rachel glanced up from the brown paper bag full of food, splotched with round grease stains, upon hearing Kate, and said hello to Gayle, as well. Rachel then loo
