It would have been funny had I not been nervous as f**k. Conversation actually stopped when I walked by people in the coffeehouse, and I got a fair number of once-overs. What could I say? I cleaned up well. I just didn’t bother about it much since that had never been so important to me, and tended to draw the wrong people in my direction anyway. At least Dali didn’t care, though he was currently outside being spoiled by pedestrians and kids that wanted to pet him relentlessly.
“Kayle?” a familiar female voice called out.
I saw Belinda waving at me. She sat next to Laura in an area filled with couches, chairs, snacks, beverages, and board games on the small table in the middle. Their kids weren’t there.
“Hi,” I said as they moved over so I could sit next to them on a couch. “Kids being b
