"In order for what?"
"In order to show you all my changes."
She was suspicious and she had to tell him so. "You left our relationship badly with all that craziness in the studio."
"No, you, Dana, left it badly," he countered her. "Not staying to let me explain, that was bad manners."
"Good god, you were tearing up your studio! What did you want me to do?" Her voice rose, sounding tinny. She was nearly in tears.
Lucien animated expression suddenly changed. "You were scared, I understand. And I can forgive that too. But it's been a long time since that day. Maybe we can put it in a different light now."
"I don't know how? Please, Lucien, I think you should take me back to my car."
She was hanging on to the doorknob, trembling. But when Lucien reached to her lap and let his hand rest
