Dateline Matrimony. GINA WILKINS
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her responsibilities to her job, her family and her community very seriously. Riley had often accused her of being too serious.
She and Cameron made a good match, he reflected. While equally dedicated to his career, Cameron was more laid-back about it than Serena. He brought out her dry sense of humor and encouraged her to have fun. They’d been married a year and still looked at each other like they were on their honeymoon.
Riley had nothing against the institution of marriage. It certainly seemed to work well for some people—Serena and Cameron, Dan and Lindsey, his own parents, for that matter, who’d been contentedly wed for thirty-five years. He just couldn’t really picture himself taking that drastic step—at least not with anyone he’d met to this point.
He wondered if Teresa had been as happy with her late husband as his newly married friends were with their respective spouses. How long had it been since she lost him? Was she still grieving for him?
He realized abruptly that Teresa was talking again, filling in the gaps about how she came to be his tenant. “I visited Edstown with Serena a couple of times during college and I always thought it must be a wonderful place to grow up. When the neighborhood the kids and I were living in before started having more problems with crime and delinquency, I decided to move here for their sakes. Marjorie very kindly offered me a job. Since the diner is only open for breakfast and lunch, I drop Mark and Maggie off at a before-school program at the church next door to their school, and then I’m there to greet them when they come home in the afternoons. It’s working out very well.”
“You’re doing me the favor,” Marjorie insisted. “I’ve had so much turnover in staff at the diner during the past year or so that it’s nice to have someone I can depend on to stay for a while.”
Cameron cleared his throat and shifted in his chair. “Technically, I am still working for you,” he reminded his mother-in-law.
Marjorie laughed. “I wasn’t referring to you, dear.”
Teresa lifted an eyebrow.
“You remember me telling you that Cameron worked in the diner when he first showed up in Edstown?” Serena prompted.
Teresa nodded, looking at her friend’s husband. “You were working as a reporter for a newspaper in Dallas and you got involved in a dangerous story that almost got you killed. Something about a politician who was embezzling public funds, wasn’t it?”
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