Charley hung his head low and said more to himself than to his wife, “I’ll be back as soon as I can. I promise.”
The Golden Fox stayed quiet and backed away, cleaning up his empty cup of tea and brought it to the kitchen.
Phoebe put her hand on Charley’s arm to comfort him. “I’m sorry that you’re stuck here with me. I truly didn’t think you’d be coming along. I had planned on going to your house and then sneaking away in the middle of the night.” She twirled her hair with her index finger and looked up at him. “Honestly, I didn’t really have a plan all worked out. I didn’t know what I was going to do except somehow sneak away. What little plan I had would probably have failed. If it makes you feel any better, I’m happy that you’re here to help me. I could use it!”
Charley smiled and a b
