“Unpack and then take a rest. I have to take off now, ” Edmund said. She seized his hand and asked, “Would you like to stay for dinner, maybe?”

“No, I’m good.” said Edmund with a fatigued face, in no mood to dine with her mother.

As a son, he had long drifted apart with her.

After the refusal, he got back into his car and his diver drove him off.

Instead of driving all way back to Vertoak, Edmund told the diver to stopped by a hotel and checked in.

The driver was tired after having been driving for hours,

Edmund was all the more exhausted by the hurried back-and-forth journey, so all he wanted was to find some place to relax.

with in such a rush was the idea of seeing Chelsea

shower at the hotel, rather than hit the sack, he placed a call to Chelsea to tell her he was back

up by Chelsea, who called him

voice, and it broke

back.” He then went on to say gently, “I will come see you as soon as I can.”

would have flown off to

some sleep. I am kind of busy.

that’s been hung up, he

she really so busy that

he had told her on the phone that he would be more than happy to see her at the airport in Vertoak when he got off

saying she wouldn’t be available that day,

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