"That friend must mean a lot to you," Henry asked. "How come they didn't come along?"
At the mention of Sylvia, Adrian's heart clenched. "Yeah. But she's been gone for over half a year now."
Henry stiffened, watching the heavy grief settle over Adrian's frame, and found himself at a loss for words.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought it up."
Adrian shook his head. "It's not your fault. I'm the one who lost her."
"Lost what?" Tina called out, coming down the stairs.
Freshly cleaned up, he looked even more delicate than before, with a youthful softness to his features that hadn't been so apparent earlier. Standing side by side, the two of them were strikingly handsome in entirely different ways.
Tina looped an arm through Adrian's like an old friend. "Whatever you lost, just tell us.
