Glenna noticed the coat around Deirdre’s frame and asked, “Hmm. Did you go out with Kyran?”

The way she said it made Deirdre think the young woman must have missed out on Brendan. It was a good thing, too—Deirdre would not know how to explain it otherwise.

It was a good fib, so she took it. “That’s right. We were having dinner together today, but he had an emergency halfway through and just had to go. So, I called you.”

“Emergency my *ss! He shouldn’t even think about leaving someone who has