“There is someone back home, but he’s not actually mine to miss. Or love. He’s engaged.” Lita exchanged a look of surprise with Penny that quickly gained an overtone of sympathy, and asked, “Does he know how you feel about him?” Eleanor laughed. “Oh, he knows. I made the mistake of telling him when I thought he might have feelings for me too. What I took for the beginnings of romantic interest was just him being nice. Reverend John Olson is an extremely nice person.” She shook her head as tears sprang to her eyes. “What a fool I was.”
