Chapter 34
1904, Southampton
Leander woke on the sofa in the study. Raphael, dressed, stood next to him. He rubbed his eyes, but didn’t say anything.
“I have some business to attend this morning. I’ll get breakfast on my own and then I’d like you to meet me at the zoo at eleven,” Raphael instructed. “Do I need to muss the bed or will you take care of that?”
“I’ll tell her you’ll make your own bed,” Leander said.
“Right then, I’ll see you later.” Raphael’s words didn’t sound like a request.
Leander tried to work on his sermon, but was distracted. For as much as Raphael allowed himself to relax and rest, he couldn’t help but feel Raphael was holding something back from him. Physically, neither one of them had held anything back last night. Spiritually, there was something bothering Rap
