Chapter 1
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Emma Connors liked being the only one not married or
dating in her family it made her feel special. What she didn't like
about being single is that her mother felt the need to set her up on
blind-dates because she didn't want her oldest daughter to become a
spinster with seven cats in her apartment.
So, that's why Emma
was now on a blind-date with her mom's friends son Jason Tomlin who just
happens to be her ex-fiance Cody's cousin.
Jason, unlike his
cousin talked a little to much sometimes...make that all the time! Like
right now he was talking about how long it had been since they had seen
each other he had been talking about this subject for the five minutes
they had been there at "The Castaway" a small restaurant near her house.
As he talked on she thought about how her mother had blamed her
for Cody's absence during the wedding or "almost wedding" as her mother
referred to it. It had been six years since then, and she still didn't
want anything to do with him Emma, was stopped mid-thought with the
recognition that Jason had finally stopped talking, and was now over at
the table in the right-side corner of the restaurant in a lengthy
conversation with a man who looked oddly familiar. When he looked up she
was astonished to see the man who broke her heart six years ago it was
his blue eyes, and light auburn hair that gave him away she just
couldn't believe it. It was Cody!
She was even more astonished
when he, and Jason walked over to her table while smiling like idiots.
When they both sat down at the table all she could do was stare, and
stammer, but couldn't get whole words to come out.
She took that
time to really get a good look at him at twenty-six he didn't look any
different than he had six years before same dazzling blue eyes, same
curly auburn hair and that same smirk he always used to give her.
When
she finally did get her voice to work all she could let out was a
simple "hi" not what she wanted to say which was "What are you doing
here?" or "Do you have to ruin everything?". So, she gave him her what
she hoped was her best scowl as
Jason broke the awkward silence by saying "Well I best be going I have an early morning at the office."
The moment he said that Emma knew he wouldn't leave her with Cody, hopefully he wasn't that cruel.
"Thank you, God!" Emma exclaimed happily
Both
men looked at her as though she had grown a second head she could feel
her face heat up from the embarrassment of saying something like that
out loud.
Although now Cody was the only one that was looking at
her quizzically, while Jason was holding a hand to his mouth to keep in
his laughter
"Uh, I meant thank you God for this meal." was her lame excuse to cover up her excitement at leaving.
Hope you enjoyed Part 1 in "The Connors Dilemma"
Don't forget to check out Part 2
