“Oh boy. No wonder we were the only two people in the shop,” Taylor says, letting go of my hand in favor of shielding her cone from the falling condensation. “Should we make a run for the car?”
“With a head injury? No.”
“You know what else is bad for a head injury? Being shouted at.”
Down the side street, I see the entrance to a Catholic church. Settling my hand on the small of her back, I guide her in that direction. “I’m sorry.”
She does a double take and almost slips on the rain-slicked sidewalk. “Oh, honey! You apologized!”
Honey?
A thousand pinwheels start spinning in my stomach at the same time.