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things are normally done. Sabrina fiddled with her napkin while wondering what to talk about. “Are you still going ahead with opening the other branch like your father intended?”
Jamie placed his elbows on the table and entwined his fingers. “I’m having the lawyer look into it. At this stage, I don’t see how we can cope with the expansion. With Dad, Trevor and May gone we’re far too short on management staff. It appears Dad signed a lease, it depends whether it’s still within the cooling off period – I’m hoping there was a cooling off period. If not, I’ll just have to throw myself on the mercy of my new landlord and hopefully he’ll take pity on me and let me out of the lease.”
“You’re speaking as though May and Trevor aren’t coming back. Surely this whole thing will be sorted out soon,” Sabrina said.
“I can’t depend on probabilities. If there’s one thing I learned from my father and that is to rely on no one and always make decisions based on the worse possible scenario.”
“So, play it safe?”
Jamie nodded.
“Here’s your bruschetta.” The waiter placed the plate in the middle of the table.
“Help yourself,” Jamie said.
Sabrina pulled apart a slice of bruschetta and took a bite then placed the rest on the side plate. “Mmm, it’s good.”
Jamie swallowed his mouthful then licked a couple of his fingers before wiping them on his napkin. “Tell me about yourself. You live with your sister and brother-in-law, I know that much. Do you have any other family?”
“My mother and father and my five older brothers live in Ohio. All my brothers are married but one.”
“It would be rare for an Amish person never to marry, wouldn’t it?”
Sabrina opened her mouth to speak, but Jamie cut across her, “You lot always get married young and have loads of ankle-biters it seems.”
A frown crinkled Sabrina’s forehead. Did he know he was being condescending? “To answer your first question about Amish people not marrying, it does happen. There are some older folk who have never married. And what about yourself?” Sabrina put her elbow on the table and rested her chin in the palm of her hand and looked into his eyes.
“Me?” Jamie asked, his eyes twinkling.
Sabrina smiled and nodded.
“I’ve never married if that’s what you’re asking me. Never came close to it. I wonder sometimes if love is real or whether we talk ourselves into feeling it. People watch movies and read books and get all caught up into trying to find their one true love. It could be all a lie.”
“Well, I know that love is real.” Sabrina had been in love before, and she saw how much Silvie and Bailey were in love.
Jamie said, “I’m sure it does happen to some people – finding love I mean, but I can’t believe that the majority of the people in the world find it. I think it could be a myth, a fairytale, like the tooth fairy, Santa Claus and G…” Jamie threw his head back and laughed.
“And God, right?” Sabrina knew what he was about to say. He thought that Gott was a fairy tale. It was clear that they would never find common ground if he did not believe in love or in Gott.
“I’m sorry, Sabrina. I’m forgetting my manners and I’m embarrassing you.”
Sabrina smiled at him. “A little.”
Sabrina had never met anyone like Jamie before. Maybe she should eat something with a lot of garlic in it just in case he had any ideas of getting too close to her on the drive home. She had to fight her attraction toward him. The fact that he did not believe in love made him more appealing, almost as if it were a challenge to her. Could she make this man fall in love with her?
“Look, Sabrina, I’ll get straight to the point of why I’ve asked you to lunch. I didn’t want to talk about it in the office.”
Sabrina felt silly; she thought that he was interested in her and that’s why he asked her to lunch. She knew many men found her attractive and because she got compliments all
Jamie placed his elbows on the table and entwined his fingers. “I’m having the lawyer look into it. At this stage, I don’t see how we can cope with the expansion. With Dad, Trevor and May gone we’re far too short on management staff. It appears Dad signed a lease, it depends whether it’s still within the cooling off period – I’m hoping there was a cooling off period. If not, I’ll just have to throw myself on the mercy of my new landlord and hopefully he’ll take pity on me and let me out of the lease.”
“You’re speaking as though May and Trevor aren’t coming back. Surely this whole thing will be sorted out soon,” Sabrina said.
“I can’t depend on probabilities. If there’s one thing I learned from my father and that is to rely on no one and always make decisions based on the worse possible scenario.”
“So, play it safe?”
Jamie nodded.
“Here’s your bruschetta.” The waiter placed the plate in the middle of the table.
“Help yourself,” Jamie said.
Sabrina pulled apart a slice of bruschetta and took a bite then placed the rest on the side plate. “Mmm, it’s good.”
Jamie swallowed his mouthful then licked a couple of his fingers before wiping them on his napkin. “Tell me about yourself. You live with your sister and brother-in-law, I know that much. Do you have any other family?”
“My mother and father and my five older brothers live in Ohio. All my brothers are married but one.”
“It would be rare for an Amish person never to marry, wouldn’t it?”
Sabrina opened her mouth to speak, but Jamie cut across her, “You lot always get married young and have loads of ankle-biters it seems.”
A frown crinkled Sabrina’s forehead. Did he know he was being condescending? “To answer your first question about Amish people not marrying, it does happen. There are some older folk who have never married. And what about yourself?” Sabrina put her elbow on the table and rested her chin in the palm of her hand and looked into his eyes.
“Me?” Jamie asked, his eyes twinkling.
Sabrina smiled and nodded.
“I’ve never married if that’s what you’re asking me. Never came close to it. I wonder sometimes if love is real or whether we talk ourselves into feeling it. People watch movies and read books and get all caught up into trying to find their one true love. It could be all a lie.”
“Well, I know that love is real.” Sabrina had been in love before, and she saw how much Silvie and Bailey were in love.
Jamie said, “I’m sure it does happen to some people – finding love I mean, but I can’t believe that the majority of the people in the world find it. I think it could be a myth, a fairytale, like the tooth fairy, Santa Claus and G…” Jamie threw his head back and laughed.
“And God, right?” Sabrina knew what he was about to say. He thought that Gott was a fairy tale. It was clear that they would never find common ground if he did not believe in love or in Gott.
“I’m sorry, Sabrina. I’m forgetting my manners and I’m embarrassing you.”
Sabrina smiled at him. “A little.”
Sabrina had never met anyone like Jamie before. Maybe she should eat something with a lot of garlic in it just in case he had any ideas of getting too close to her on the drive home. She had to fight her attraction toward him. The fact that he did not believe in love made him more appealing, almost as if it were a challenge to her. Could she make this man fall in love with her?
“Look, Sabrina, I’ll get straight to the point of why I’ve asked you to lunch. I didn’t want to talk about it in the office.”
Sabrina felt silly; she thought that he was interested in her and that’s why he asked her to lunch. She knew many men found her attractive and because she got compliments all
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