Chapter 144

“You’re still in touch with Fran?ois?”

Trust April to make that sound incredulous while making no apology for snooping.

“Not that it’s any of your business, but yes.” A long time had passed since his parents’ thirtieth wedding anniversary celebrations, but his mother’s poor try at what Jay took as matchmaking stayed with him. Her throwing Fran?ois into his path turned out to be…something else; something that never sat right with Jay. Still…family. If people never forgave each other, the chances were so many more families would stop speaking.

“Why?” April brought him back to the problem of her reading his email.

“Why? What do you mean why?”

“If you’re not interested, why string the man along?”