Jen smiled, a small part of her pleased to have regained some moral high ground. "It's kind of you, but I'm really not hungry. You just seemed to be enjoying it so much."

"I am. Pardon me a moment." She devoured the last of the scone, took a sip of tea, and sat back. "Well, I was." She smiled. "Thanks again for the treat. Now is there something, or are we just getting reacquainted?"

"No, no." Jen was suddenly furious with herself. She was never inarticulate, but now that they had come to it, she found she had no idea how to broach the subject she had come to discuss....