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Lincoln glanced over at Mara and smiled. "It wasn't a secret. Just wasn't sure where things were going. No point in making a big deal of something if it is going to be over in the blink of an eye." He drove along and drummed on the steering wheel merrily.
"Her name is Meg, she is raising her niece named Winter. She lives in Greensville. She is studying to be a social worker. I really like her, I wasn't expecting to get into anything serious but she is pretty awesome." He changed stations and looked over Mara again.
"Maybe you can meet Meg sometime. It is a bit hard with her working, going to school and being a Mother." He kept driving and in about twenty minutes they were parking in the small parking a lot behind a small-ish restaurant.
"They have good food here. I love the cornbread here!" He unbuckled his seatbelt. Slipped out the car and walked around to Mara's side.
"She is pretty amazing." He said after he opened her car door.

Di smiled at his light chuckle. It widned when he said he would stay... as long as he could go get hi pup. She nodded her head as he moved away from her and finished his drink. "So is he teething or a chewer?." When he pulled her close, Diana wrapped her arms around him gently, letting him pull away in only a few seconds as he looked down at his watch and stated he'd be back in 15 with Tino."Go get him then. I'll leave the door unlocked for you two." She told the man in front of her. She wasn't worried about anything happening here, as he said earlier it was Shadow Creek.. But it would make it easier to leave it unlocked for his return.

When Killian left the house, Di first went to the bedroom she had kept mainly closed since returning. She opened a window in the room, then started changing the bedding. She didn't off him to stay the night to force anything or to make anything awkward, so she would just get things ready so they didn't have to be. He had stated he didn't have anyone else at the moment, and had never mentioned anyone, but Di was not naive. He was a good looking man, there was no reason he hadn't been with other women and have other relationships since their time together 7 years ago. With the bed made and the windows open to air out the room, Di left it. Thinking about what he said about Tino liking to chew, she began to clean up some things that she knew herself or Lyv would care about if all of a sudden it was chewed in half.

Lincoln nodded. "The BBQ is good here too. This is my new favorite place. I have been here twice this week already. I am not ashamed to say this makes three for the week."

Once the waiter came around Linc placed his drink order. A watermelon lemonade. Something refreshing and both sweet and tangy. He ended up ordering cornbread, to snack on till his food came. He ended up ordering half a rack of BBQ ribs and fried chicken. He also ordered a small serving of mac and cheese. He loved mac and cheese but wanted to focus on his meats today.
"Winter likes....ballet and ponies. Pretty boring stuff. She is turning seven. Meg does make me happy. She lives maybe 10 minutes from your place."
"So how is everything? Babies good?" He asked before taking a large bite of his cornbread.

"Not sure the difference between teething and chewing. He is eating my s**t, that is all I know." Killian gave a bit of a shrug. He moved toward Di, took her hand and kissed it lightly.
"Be back." Then he was gone.

When Lincoln returned it was with Tino in a large crate, and with a huge sandwich. It was a foot long overstuffed Italian sub. He set the crate down with the puppy in it. He set his sandwich down on the coffee table.
"Left my Double Gulp in the car. I will be back." He came back in a minute later sipping his oversized drink through a brightly colored straw.
"Want some...?" He thrust the soda toward Diana. The puppy whimpered and pawed at the door to the cage.
"Shut it fat boy." Killian responded sternly.
"It's bed time. Go to sleep." He sat down and unwrapped his sandwich.
"Want some? This is the best in town." He picked up half of the sandwich and took a huge bite.
"MMMM!!!" He pushed the other half toward Diana. Once her chewed through the ridiculously large bite and swallowed he started talking again.
"I needed food. I was getting grumpy."

When Di heard Killian return, she followed him back into the kitchen, nodding as he set down the crate, then walked back out to get the drink from his car. Di knelt down in front of the cage to see Tino sitting in there wagging his tail at her. She smiled and stood back up as Killian came back and shoved his drink at her asking if she wanted any. Di took the cup and a small sip before she set it back down on the table in front of him. Then tsked as Killian yelled at Tino for whining, "How can you be so harsh with him?
He may be chewing, but maybe he missed you too." She told him gently before bending down to open the door to the dog's cage. Hell it was her house. The dog could be free."There, now he'll be happier."

Di shook her head and pushed the half a sandwich back towards Killian with a small laugh, "If you're turning grumpy, then I know better to eat your food. I'll take a rain check on sandwiches. I could have heated you up something here too you know?"

"I missed my furry friend to, but it is pass his bedtime. I also don't want him waking Lyv. She has school tomorrow. I want her well rested so she can outsmart all those sticky snot nosed kids in her class." Killian watched the puppy curiously sniffing about.

He sat back watching the pup a moment before he returned to his food. He set the sandwich down after a few bites. Once he finished half the sandwich he patted his belly.
"I always stop for this sandwich when I come back to town after a trip. To me, nothing says home like an Italian Sub from Juliano's. No offense to your cooking. I am sure it ha improved from burnt pancakes honey." He grinned at her.
"I remember I worked in that deli for a while when I first got here. He always use to let us make a sandwich and take it home. End of our shift. He was a good guy. He passed away last year but his son and nephew run the deli now. They remodeled the place but the food is the same. Love that place." He wrapped the other half of his sandwich back up.
"Not going to eat the other half now. If I eat this close to bed I get indigestion like the old b*****d I am." He chuckled at himself. He moved to pat the dog's back.

Diana shook her head as she watched Tino walk around the house. "Don't worry. I closed her door. He won't be able to get in there. I didn't think you'd bring him in in a cage. The Killian I knew didn't like being confined." She told him with a teasing wink.
At his next comment about burnt pancakes, she laughed quietly, "Well I can't say I blame you, but when you were hungover or starving you weren't complaining about burnt pancakes. "

Di shook her head and pushed the half a sandwich back towards Killian with a small laugh, "If you're turning grumpy, then I know better to eat your food. I'll take a rain check on sandwiches. I could have heated you up something here too you know?" As he finished and wrapped the second half of his sandwich back up, Diana stood from the table and took the sandwich from his hand gently. She walked to the fridge and placed it on the top shelf before closing the door, "No worries, that will be there when you get up without your name on it." Turning back towards him and resting against the fridge she asked,"Are we really that old now?"She wasn't sure what else to say. Talking about Cadie or the club didn't seem appropriate, even if they were things as he had stated earlier were bothering him. Alyvia they could talk about til they were blue in the face! But she also wasn't sure she was really ready to call it a night. Especially not that he was here, even though he was staying. Di didn't want to waste this time they were given, yet she wasn't sure how to reconnect with him either. Pushing away from the fridge and moving towards Kill, she asked, "Is this old man past his bedtime, or does he have time to...look at pictures or watch a movie?"