Chapter 15
Jess sat across from Robert at the table. Candles in silver holders flickered, casting alternating light and dark across his handsome, but depressed, features. Neither of them spoke. Neither had eaten any of the dinner Jess had assembled and put on plates for them. The table, with its linens, cutlery, fine china, and carefully arranged food, looked more like a setup for some home interior or gourmet magazine than it did a celebratory dinner for two.
“Should I go?” Jess asked in a small voice.
“I wish you wouldn’t. When I invited you over to spend the night, I thought it was more for your benefit, now I see it’s much more for my own.” Robert’s eyes shone in the candlelight. “Please…I can’t be alone.”
Jess nodded. “Of course. You wanna just watch a movie or something? I can cl
