REINER
I glanced toward the living room: Becky and Isabelle were still there, still talking - for almost five minutes now.
I couldn't say I wasn't surprised.
When I'd seen my sister approach my mate, I'd immediately turned to go and pull her away, but Becks had asked me to stand aside.
That had been the first shock of the night.
The second had been seeing Becks nod at Isabelle's request to talk, and the third was seeing my sister still alive after a good five minutes alone with Becky.
Are you all right there?, I asked her.
She nodded imperceptibly. We'll be back in a moment.
It must be said that she remained true to her word: after a couple of minutes, the two of them got up and walked toward the dining room.
Isabelle looked like a changed woman, as if she had just receive
