Momentarily forgetting her odd feelings about Laurence being typically MIA the past few days, Amelia enjoyed their dinner and agreed to stroll around the length of the esplanade and check the night market. She hadn't been outside the campus and didn't go anywhere else except home for nearly a month now and a little shopping wouldn't hurt. For the past three days he hadn't been around, Ryan had diligently driven her to and from school every single day, refusing to give her any reason to go on her own or even take a cab. All those times Laurence had been on the phone with her, insisting she went with Ryan because he couldn't be there. While she didn't understand why he needed to be absent from her but present during practice, she tried to let it pass despite the fact that she missed him alre
