It's Been a Month

Alex

I walked into the restaurant after sleeping off the road weariness. I was still dragging ass a little, but I felt a lot better than I had when I had fallen into bed the night before.

My eyes scanned the tables, passing over the usual coffee crowd comprised of about six of the old timers from the area. They loved to sit, gossip, and nurse their coffees well into the lunch hour.

I saw Sadie sitting at a table and quickly made my way to her table. She looked up and saw me. She squealed and jumped up. I couldn’t stop my smile. We both threw our arms around each other.

“Oh my god!” she said. “I can’t believe it’s been a month. You can’t do that again.”

“I’m sorry. It’s good to see you.”

We both took our seats. “Tell me you won’t go back there again.”

I cringed. “I don’t know if I will.”

“What? What does that mean?”

Before I got the chance to answer, the waitress came by. We ordered coffee and big breakfasts. Both of us were splurging.

“Wayne offered me his farm,” I told her.

She wrink