S e l e n e
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I didn’t mean to dodge the kiss. I just didn’t want to offend Killian with my morning breath. If we had done it after I brushed my teeth… would I have found it in myself to stop?
I fingered the fork, using it to play with the roasted cherry tomato on my plate. Killian pretended nothing happened. He was heavily engaged in a private conversation with Nicolas, whereas the twins were bickering about which form of a cooked egg was the best.
Walter ignored me throughout the meal. Good. He was focused on Delilah, his granddaughter. I assume she was his favorite, it was evident. But she didn’t seem to like him, judging from her puckered mouth. Whether or not Walter knew of my nightmare yesterday, he didn’t show it. I had a sneaky suspicion this man knew everything that went down
