*Jay*
I'm almost to the door of my lodging house when I turn around and start back up the street. I don't know why I'm so restless tonight. Perhaps because even with Eden's promise, I don't quite trust her to stay indoors. I know I can't keep watch over her twenty-four hours a day, but I don't want her following Rockberry either. Not when I know I won't be around anyway. I don't trust the man not to take matters into his own hands and harm her.
It's nearly half past ten. As I near her lodging house, I see her silhouette limned by the pale light spilling out through her window. Relief swamps me because she's not stirring up trouble with Rockberry.
I stop and lean against a tree in the shadows. It appears she's brushing her hair. Good Goddess, how long is it? Based on her movements, it h
