Chapter 6
"Hello?"
"If I were you, I'd rather go on that date. Rigsby seems to like the guy as a matter of fact".
"Who's there?"
She heard the man at the other end of the phone actually chuckling at this.
"Come on, Grace. Who else could it be?"
"Jane?"
"No, I'm the governor of California".
"Very funny".
A long silence followed.
"Still angry at me?"
She bit her lip. "I've never been really angry at you – as you'll probably know. I just couldn't stand you being a jerk to your best friend, I guess".
"Maybe I deserved your rant".
"You bet".
He chuckled again. "Don't push you luck, my lovely redhead".
"If you ever call me that again, I'm going to track you down and shoot you".
"You're a bit of a spitfire, Grace – aren't you?"
"Jane, what did you call me for?"
"Well, I was thinking… since you were my eye-opener…"
"Yeah?"
A sigh came through the line. "Do you think that Lisbon would have me back? Or I'd better stay away and avoid causing her further pain?"
Grace's tone suddenly became very serious. "She misses you. I don't know why she should feel like that, but that's it".
"Okay", was all she got by way of an answer.
It was more than she had ever dared to hope anyway.