After the kids were all settled in, the parents said their goodbyes while most lingered in the door way watching their babies. They were all settled into a circle on the rainbow coloured rug listening to the teacher read them a story. Dinah waved to Savannah who blew her a kiss. She was seated next to Henry and they seemed to really hit it off, he didn't seem to be as shy as he was at first.
Once outside Dinah started towards her car but stopped when she noticed Shayne walking out the door behind her. "Hey did Henry give you the signal to leave too?" she asked with a smile.
"Yeah he said he would be alright." Shayne replied.
"Are you doing anything today?" Dinah asked hoping she could persuade him to join her for coffee.
"No, I took the day off to be with Henry. In case he wanted me to stay."
"Me too would you like to join me for coffee? We might as well wait together until kindergarten ends." She said with a laugh.
"Sure, I'd love to," he replied. He hadn't been on a date since Lara had died, not that this was even really a date. It was just coffee with a woman, a very beautiful woman. But who was he kidding she was probably happily married.
Shayne watched Dinah from across the table, he didn't see a ring on her hand but that didn't mean anything.
"So Shayne, tell me about yourself. So far all I know is that you came here from Bosnia where you were in the Peace Corps."
"Well I actually quit the Peace Corps when Henry was born."
"I can understand that, it does sound dangerous."
"Yeah it can be," Shayne replied not wanting to say too much.
"So where's Henry's mom?" Dinah asked deciding to just ask the question that was nagging her. She was never one to hold back when she wanted to know something.
"She was in the Peace Corps with me, that's how we met. Umm... she was pregnant with Henry when she accidentally stepped on a mine field," Shayne replied in a rush.
"Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry Shayne."
"For a long time I blamed myself for her death, I was the one responsible for clearing that field and I missed one. The one that killed her."
"It's not your fault, it was just a horrible accident."
"I know that now. I had to move on with my life for Henry, I couldn't sit around and feel sorry for myself."
"Yeah."
"Soo...Dinah tell me about you?" Shayne said thankful for the subject change.
"Well...I'm a single mother. I was happily married or so I thought until I found out that my husband was cheating on me, for most of our marriage."
Well that answered his question about whether or not she was married or in a relationship but he couldn't believe that her husband had cheated on her. He hadn't known her that long but she seemed like such a wonderful person and she was gorgeous. But then again he never did understand cheaters.
