But there was nothing she could do about it and she only hoped that the man opposite her would not think it strange.
“How long will you be staying?” he asked.
Roberta was about to say that she and Danny must leave the next day, then, as her eyes met Adam’s across the table, it was somehow impossible to say anything but only to be held captive in a way she did not understand.
“Please stay,” he said after a moment. “I want you to. Besides, the boy is tired and he would enjoy playing on the sands and bathing in the sea.”
This was indisputably true, but Roberta thought that if she was sensible she would go away.
Then she knew that every instinct in her body was telling her to stay where she was, where if she did so, she would be safe.
When she thought about it, it was very frightening to
