She looked up at him as though he had gone crazy but when she saw the look in his eyes, there was something in them, as though he was trying to tell her that ‘Hey, go with the flow, will you? Must everyone here know what we’e been through?’ She took her eyes away from him, he dared her and she would have to show him that she could act as if she had never known him before. He asked for her name, right? Then she would tell him her name. She tried to smile at him, “My name is Anna Brayden and you are?”
“Jack.” The smile he flashed her was tight lipped and she looked away from his face, not even looking back when he added, “Jack Roberts, glad to have you here, Miss, Anna.” She only nodded her head and thankfully, his mother joyfully announced that they should get into their meal before it got
