He cringed a little after mentioning it, the last thing he wanted was to bring up a sore topic and ruin any chance of things continuing.
"No." Alison replied, returning to her glass of wine, "He's away, business trip or some such nonsense. I don't actually know what he's doing."
Andrew could hear the slight tinge of anger in her voice towards her husband.
"But he won't be home for the week, leaving me alone in this house, in this city... away from everyone else I cared about." Realization flashed across Alison's face as she shook herself out of her bad mood.
"Sorry, it's been a while," Alison continued, "Since I've done this, I may be a little rusty. Not that I've done this before..."
Her assertive personality online had now softened, the way her finger danced around the glass made An
