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girlfriend?”

 
    Chapter Ten
     
     
    Don’t think about her.
    Try as she might, it was impossible not to. When Saul mentioned a girlfriend, Annie pictured a beautiful everyday woman—a schoolteacher or a banker, not a supermodel like Macy Masters. Her face was splattered on billboards. She couldn’t compete with that.
    Not that she was trying to compete, per se. She sniffed. She didn’t stand a chance so she might as well get any fancy notions out of her head. Saul viewed her as his therapist and nothing more.
    Annie grabbed her coat. She needed to take a drive. She called Sari to see if she was available. Unfortunately, Sari had been called in to work.
    She wandered into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator to see if anything inside there enticed her stomach buds.
    “In the mood for a snack?”
    Annie jumped and slammed the door with a thud. “I didn’t see you!”
    Macy smiled. She was seated at the breakfast bar crunching on a big bowl of Honey-Nut Cheerios. Annie eyed her with fascination.
    “Don’t let the tabloids fool you. Many of us do eat and we eat healthy,” Macy said.
    Annie shook her head. “I wasn’t… Well…” She shrugged. “I did believe the stereotype. I would’ve expected you to be eating wheatgrass or tofu.”
    Macy threw her head back and chuckled. “I see why Saul likes you.”
    He liked her? Yeah, but he told his girlfriend, so he didn’t like her like her. She kept her voice neutral. “I like him too. He’s a joy to work with.”
    Macy arched her brow. “Are we talking about Saul Sweeterman? Because he’s a boar when he’s sick. He ran us all out of his room. He mentioned you called him on it.”
    Evidently, Saul told his woman everything. Annie relaxed. “I only told the truth.”
    “Yes, but you don’t get it. Many of us tell him about himself too. He never listens. However, he listens to you.”
    Annie bit her lip. Macy had a pensive expression on her face. She didn’t know what to do, so she re-opened the refrigerator door and pulled out some turkey meat and all the trappings to make a sandwich.
    “Ooh, can you make me one?”
    Annie’s mouth popped open.
    “I know what you’re thinking,” Macy laughed. “Where do I put it? Saul says I eat like a horse.”
    Annie nodded. “If I ate like that I wouldn’t be able to fit through the door.”
    They heard the click-clack of Saul’s cane and turned in his direction. He looked like he’d just awakened from a nap. “I thought I heard noises in here.”
    “Annie and I were just getting better acquainted,” Macy said. “She was talking about how she fears getting fat.”
    “I don’t think she has to worry about that,” Saul replied. “She seems very fit to me.”
    He couldn’t see the sharp look Macy threw his way, but Annie could. She busied her hands.
    “Do you want a sandwich?”
    Saul faced her way. “I told you that you don’t have to do any cooking. Macy and I would have gladly ordered carryout.”
    “It’s only a sandwich,” she recountered. “Do you want one or not?”
    “All right, feisty lady. I’ll have two.” Saul waved at her.
    Macy held a hand towards her. “You, see Annie. That’s what I mean.”
    Saul crooked his head. “Meant about what?”
     
    ***
     
    “What did you mean by what you said earlier?” Saul asked Macy that evening. They were lounging in the lanai as Annie had decided to go to the movies. He recognized that was her way of giving he and Macy some privacy.
    “You’re different with her,” Macy said.
    Saul wished he could see her face. Something about her tone heightened his senses. “How different?” He reached his hand out to search for hers. He smiled when her fingers grasped his.
    “I don’t know, exactly. Your face glows.”
    Saul used his free hand to touch his face in a reflexive action. “I glow.”
    “Maybe glow isn’t the right word. You’re happy and you listen to her.”
    He wasn’t sure how to respond to her statement when he couldn’t