Judy’s POV
All three of them stared at me. Irene and Matt with smiles on their faces and Gavin with a frown.
I stood in front of them with my eyes wide and my heart thudding violently in my chest. I wasn’t sure what to say as an excuse to get out of this. There was no way I was going to have dinner with Gavin and his family.
“I really should go,” I managed to sputter, pointing over my shoulder at the door and giving an awkward and desperate-sounding laugh.
“Please, Judy,” Matt pleaded, grabbing onto my arm. “I really want you to stay.”
“It would be nice to have another woman at the table,” Irene agreed, a flicker of hope in her eyes.
She truly was desperate for friends, and she would get them any way that she could. I glanced up at Gavin, hoping that he would say something to he
