Holly’s dilemma lasted not just days, but weeks. With each ensuing week, no declaration from Trevor, her hope for a relationship with her guardian seemed to slip further away. He became more involved with his business dealings than she’d ever seen him, and Holly, in desperation, took up with a new group of friends. To avoid her lonesome nights she returned to drinking after work, hanging around the bars and party houses in town. Perhaps that would get Trevor’s attention, but still the silence remained. His restraint in the face of her late hours made her confused and angry. Didn’t he care at all anymore? She couldn’t believe that. Her often stuffy and straight-laced guardian had to know what she was doing. Town gossip must have reached his ears, not to mention the times she stumble
