After the story was told I needed some time to think. “Thank you for telling me the truth. Vincent, do you think you could take me to the Brown’s? I need some time to think through this.”
“I would rather you stayed with me.” He offered. “You can think through this in my office while I work.”
“Let’s talk about this outside,” I said. I thanked the De Maillios once again for their hospitality. I promised I would come back for a dinner with Katie so they could get to know me better.
Diana gently spoke, “give it time. I sense some tension and I don’t know what happened, but Mates are sacred. Just think about it.” She gave me a hug before Vincent led the way to his car.
Once at the car, he opened the door for me to get in. I stopped in front of him, his smell of cherries and fresh forest o
