Tony lapsed into silence and did not come out again until the waiter arrived with their drinks. Then he stirred himself for long enough to ask her what she wanted for dinner and to order for both of them before he lapsed back into insignificant small talk.
When their parents walked out of the restaurant, Tony and Sarah were halfway through their meal, he, therefore, relaxed a little bit, but it was not until the waiter had removed their plates and Tony had ordered dessert; cheesecake for him, black coffee for her; that he descended to get to the reason for asking her to meet him.
"I wanted to talk to you about something, Sarah."
"Okay," Sarah said.
"It is something important," he said.
"All right," Sarah replied.
"Just a moment. I have something to show you." He then avoided her eyes
