17. THE LADY OF THE HOUSE
Ara's POV
The dinner went on smoothly, and I was pretty satisfied by the end. My place in the family was solid. No one was questioning me; my plan was in place.
When Rayna and Eric stood up to leave for the evening, thanking me for the food and complimenting the chef, Fabian stood to leave too. This shouldn’t have been too odd; we never had the type of relationship that Fabian told me when he was going anywhere, and I did the same for him, but it was weird that he was leaving the house so late. I was already thinking about where he was going, and what he planned to do there.
"I will call you later in the week, Ara, so we can have our lunch time together," Rayna said and kissed my cheeks.
"But if you need anything, anything at all before then, don't hesitate t
