chapter twelve
Eden arrived at the law office about six on the evening of October 30th. The day before Halloween, she didn’t like to think of the season, the cold, the thought of winter and how the vines at the cottage were now shriveled. They closed the place the weekend before with such sadness in her heart. She was afraid she’d never return. Adam had caught her in the frost-bit garden crying. He wasn’t happy she was planning to keep her tears from his sight. Even if he didn’t like seeing her unhappy, he insisted on knowing all her moods. There wasn’t much to say, just a moment filled with bittersweet reminders of a summer she’d never forget. He held her while she cried, and then kissed the salty tears away when they were over.
In the law office all was bustling and officious.
