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also mentioned thinking he’d seen you at the gym. He was doing everything he could to get you to connect. You just handed him his receipt and told him to have a good day.”
    “Yeah, I guess,” Ginger said grumpily, shrugging. “I must be getting rusty. I haven’t been with anyone since Scott.”
    Jodie’s mouth dropped open. “Seriously? That’s been almost two years.”
    Ginger leveled her a look. “Jodie, I work two jobs and I’m a mom. I’ve trained myself to not notice hot guys coming on to me because I don’t have time. Besides, once they find out I have a kid they’re not so interested.”
    “You deserve some grown-up fun,” Jodie insisted, not liking the loneliness she saw in her friend’s eyes.
    Ginger smiled, but it wasn’t a happy smile. “I know you like to love ’em and leave ’em, but I don’t feel right doing one-night stands anymore. I have Anna to consider. Don’t you ever want something more permanent?”
    “No way. And ‘permanent’ is what got you Scott in the first place, if you remember. A one-night stand is exactly what you need. Besides, I never love any of them, I only fu—”
    “Jodie!” Ginger cut her off before she could finish her sentence, laughing and turning pink.
    Jodie shrugged, grinning, happy she could lighten up the mood. “I’m just saying it would be good for you. I could take Anna for an overnight and you could go out to play. He must enjoy working out. You have something in common from the start. Maybe you could find something more interesting to do on the exercise equipment than exercise, you know?”
    “You are just bad.” Ginger peered at her, taking a sip of her coffee. “Well, he’s gone now, anyway, so it’s a nonissue. For what it’s worth, I don’t buy your ‘I don’t fall in love’ routine. You just haven’t found the right guy. One of these days he’ll come along and you’re not evengoing to know what hit you. Then you’ll see my side of things.”
    “Doubt it.”
    “Mark my words. One of these days, Jodie Patterson is going to fall and fall hard. I can’t wait. You deserve a good guy.”
    “Yeah, well, we all do, but there are precious few of them out there.”
    Ginger murmured agreement to that and went back to her task.
    Jodie was amazed that Ginger’s romantic illusions still held after what she’d been through. Jodie had figured out in high school what guys were interested in, and it seemed so obvious.
    She was diverted from her thoughts when Jason walked in the door. She looked at him in surprise, and then realized she’d never responded to any of his morning calls or text messages.
    “Hi, Jodie,” he said quietly, as he approached her. Ginger wiggled her eyebrows and discreetly left them alone.
    “Hi Jason,” she said, putting on her prettiest smile. “I’m really sorry about last night.”
    “Me, too.”
    She walked out around the case to where he stood. “I was hoping you’d let me make it up to you.”
    “I wasn’t sure you wanted to. When I didn’t hear from you, I thought I was getting the brush-off.” He grinned crookedly. “I figured guys like me weren’t much your style, so I didn’t blame you, and wanted to come by and say no hard feelings.”
    “Nonsense,” she said, reaching up for a quick kiss, glancing sideways to make sure no customers were coming in the door. “Let’s make some plans tonight. I’m off in a few hours.” She was breaking her weekend routine, but she kind of owed the guy. That, and she really wanted to get laid. Due to work and other obligations it had been a few weeks, and she was overdue.
    She’d had a great time with Dan the night before, chowing down on double-stuffed pizza and talking into the night. Now that she’d spent some time with him, she felt good as new, and ready to get back to normal.
    “Absolutely,” he said, leaning in for another kiss.
    She averted his kiss as the bell over the door rang. She dusted off her apron, putting a few feet between them