As predicted, Justen was delighted when he heard word of a guest coming over for dinner that evening. He had a little over three hours until Mariet was due and he spent that time putting in more effort for the evening meal than the rest of them combined. As curious as they were to meet this girl, neither Henry nor April really put much thought into it. It seemed like a spur of the moment type of thing, judging by how little time Lance had given them to prepare, so they did not bother with overthinking things.
When he went to the kitchen to hover above the chef’s preparations, April took advantage of his absence to ask Henry if something seemed off to him. There was a nervous energy around Lance that piqued her interest. She surmised that half of the time she spent around him was when he w
