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you sometime soon, Susie. I believe God put
you back in my life for a reason."
    Susan pulled her hand out of his. He would have to bring
God into this. "I seriously doubt it. Have a nice day," she said
dismissively, holding the door open for him.
    Craig smiled at her. "You too, Susie. I'll see you
soon,” he said as he walked away.
    Susie opened her mouth to naysay him and then clamped it
shut. He was just as obstinate now as he had been back when they were dating.
     
    Craig smiled as he drove to his office. Lord, You
brought Susie back into my life. Thank You, I think . He thought about the
way she had coolly dismissed him when he had mentioned God. Obviously she
still doesn't know Jesus as her personal Savior, but I do believe You brought
us back into each other's life for a reason. I pray that You will help me stay
within Your will regarding that reason, whatever it may be. I want to do Your
will with every breath I take, Lord. Please help me to follow Your leading. I
think I still have some very strong feelings for her. He thought about how
she had fallen against him. The feelings that had coursed through him were
nothing like what he had felt when they had been dating. These were feelings of
protectiveness and something deeper that he couldn't name, or didn't want to
name. He would have gladly held her longer if she hadn't practically jumped
away from him. He chuckled; she was approachable yet prickly as a porcupine at
the same time. He wondered how she managed to accomplish that.
    He did want to talk with her, though. Even if God didn't
plan for them to have anything more than a friendship, he needed to apologize
for the way he had treated her all those years ago.

CHAPTER
2
     
     
    He’s here again, Susan," Jean said as she stuck her
head around the door to Susan's office.
    "Who?" Susan asked with a sinking feeling she
knew exactly who was here again.
    "Mr. Good-looking," Jean answered with a lift of
her eyebrows.
    "His name is Craig,” Susan said in defeat. She had a
feeling that he would come around again, but not the very next day. "Did
he ask to see me?" She asked as she started to reluctantly get up.
    "No, he asked to see Cindy."
    Susan fell back into her chair. “Cindy? Cindy isn't working
today."
    "I know that and you know that but he didn't know
that, until a few minutes ago."
    "What table is he sitting at?"
    "He’s not sitting at a table."
    "What’s he doing then?"
    Jean shrugged her shoulders, "I'm not sure. He may
have left. I just wanted to let you know he was here."
    Susan bit her tongue to keep from saying something she
would regret later and nodded her head.  She rolled her eyes as Jean walked
away. Jean was a very good employee, but her penchant for gossiping just about
drove Susan crazy. Especially now when it involved Craig.
    She dropped her head into her hands.  Craig, who she had
thought was out of her life forever had now been back in it two days in a row.
Well, not exactly today, she hadn't actually seen him. Why would he ask to see
Cindy? She was only twenty years old for Pete's sake.  He was thirty-four; she
knew this because he was two years older than her. Of course, a lot of men
liked younger women.
    She had once seen an article that talked about how the
older men got, the more they were attracted to younger women. The older a woman
got, the less likely it was for her to find a man her own age.  She shook her
head, that was too depressing to think about. She wondered if Craig had left or
if he was still here. Perhaps he was just ordering something from the bakery
counter.  She decided to just go look, mentally kicking herself as she walked
out of her office.  She wondered what she planned on doing if he were still
here.
    She entered the bakery and to-go order area of the
restaurant to see Craig laughing with Beth who was working the counter. Susan
felt a blip of pure green jealousy zing through her heart.  She squelched it
just as Craig turned her way. He was taking a bite of a