Of all places, to run into Stanley here.

Who is the woman with him? Could it be Annie or somebody else?

Natalie couldn’t figure out who it could be offhand and did not bother herself with that at the moment.

“Where are you guys? We’ll come to you.”

“We’re at the balcony of the dining hall. The couple whom Joyce had met are here too,” came Lina’s reply.

“Stay right there, we’ll be over in a bit.”

Natalie hung up and dropped her phone back into her purse. “Stanley is here,” she informed Shane. “There is a woman with him. Joyce ran into them and cried. She might have had a misunderstanding.”

Shane knew that Joyce liked Stanley. Therefore, he was not at all surprised at this piece of news. “Let’s go. Aren’t we going to meet them?” Shane offered Natalie his arm.

She stepped back in trepidation. “What are you doing? You’re not going to carry me all the way over there, are you?”

Shane did not deign to answer her.

 

“Please, darling, there’s no need.” Natalie was at a loss. “It’s just a tiny abrasion on my heel, not a sprained ankle. I can walk just fine now that you’ve treated it for me.”

attempt to convince him, to which he

 

and made their

unmistakable glimpse of Stanley from a

of a thin and slender build. One look at her was sufficient to conclude that she was a

her at once—it was

not impossible for

walked over to them. “Stanley, it’s been

see, Nat. How have you been?” he asked, while pointedly ignoring Shane who stood

but opted not to say

She turned to Annie who stood beside

who had been within earshot hung her head at Natalie’s

to care much about Joyce’s anguish. “No, I’m not. But…” he trailed off as he

to rejoice at the news but Stanley’s unfinished sentence

like a woman interrogating

found out what she did for Joyce, he would put his

her husband,

I would definitely consider dating her,” Stanley continued as he looked at

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