FELICITA'S CAFE
"Nevermind that," Molly says quickly.
The words snap Claire back to the present, cutting short her contemplation
of Molly's situation with Brent.
"So ..." Molly picks up her fork
now and returns to her food. It looks to Claire as though she is making
a concentrated effort to change the subject. "Hey -- has that
Ryan guy
been bothering you anymore? It was kind of creepy when I ran into him at
the hospital. I was just talking to him, and then we he introduced himself--"
"He likes to play those sort of games,"
Claire says with a sigh. "But no, I haven't seen him since that day, actually."
"You think he got the hint?"
It isn't the first time that the
possibility has crossed Claire's mind, and again she is not as filled with
relief as she would imagine she'd be. "I don't know. Maybe ..."
"It would be nice if he did! It sounds
like he's practically been stalking you."
"Yeah," Claire says as Samantha's
juice cup -- with a lid, thankfully -- goes toppling to the floor.
Claire leans down to pick it up and
replaces it on the table in front of the little girl, who responds with
a smile that is equal parts appreciation and amusement.
"To tell the truth," Claire says,
"Diane
has me a lot more worried than Ryan. We have a preliminary hearing set for early next week."
"I would imagine, yeah." Molly gazes
over at her young niece. "Everything is going to work out, Claire. Samantha
is and always will be a part of our family."
"... which means that Diane will,
too."
"Just what we always wanted, right?"
Meanwhile, outside, the man removes
his hand from above his eyes. The glare is no longer a problem -- he's
seen what he needed to see.
Interesting ... very interesting.
So she's here, huh? That certainly puts a new twist on things.
"I'll hafta look into this. Definitely
hafta look into this," Stan Lincoln
mutters to himself, casting one final
glance inside the cafe before he starts off down the street again.
END OF EPISODE #229
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