Chapter 23: Chapter 23: Revealing Her Secret

Melinda laughed. “It’s nothing.”

“But you did get laid.”

Melinda smiled. More than once. “Yes.”

“Serious?”

“Not a bit.”

Janet’s one eyebrow went up. “Oh?”

“Just sex.”

Janet had been patient, so she decided to give up a little of her secret.

“You? You have a friend with benefits?” Janet said.

She finished with the salt then worked on the pepper shakers. It was the last thing they needed to do before the dinner waitresses would be in. She wiped her hands on her apron.

“I do. He’s hot and hunky and very good in bed,” Melinda said, warming to the topic.

“I want details. Let’s go for coffee after shift.”

“Okay.”

She didn’t have Josh this afternoon. She wouldn’t see her son until Sunday. She missed him when he was gone but had gotten used to it somewhat. Was this what an empty nest felt like?

“What’s his name?”

“I’m not telling,” Melinda said. She had to hold something back.

“Is he hung?”

“Like a horse.”