Chapter 11
Alf eventually rejoined them and they walked Cat home where she was expected for lunch. Adam dawdled behind a little as Alf and Cat were in deep discussion. When they reached the house, she hugged them both so the three of them were included in the embrace.
The men started to walk back the way they came.
“I hope I didn’t say the wrong thing, but I told her how sorry I was about Christopher. He was a fine man,” Alf said.
“Cat would be glad you took the trouble to say that,” Adam replied. “She’s been through a bleak time of things and at one point, I doubted she would get through her grief.”
“She seemed to be doing well today,” Alf remarked.
“That’s a very recent change and I’m more than glad to see it,” Adam said and since the appointment was not a secret, he told Alf about
