He didn't say a word the whole way. His hand was on my thigh, his fingers clenched, holding me tight. I pulled in our driveway and parked in front of ...he garage. Chad came around and opened my door, helping me out. He was being the gentleman that I married years ago. We walked into our house together.Chad took my hand and dragged me into our kitchen. He pulled out a chair and roughly pushed me down into it.“I'm going to have a nightcap, do you want one?”I nodded my head in the affirmative. I. ’ ‘So what you gonna be doing?’ The woman had really bad teeth I noticed them when she smiled at me. ‘He and his dad own a construction company. I might give that a try for a while.’ ‘Eddie, you headed back up north?’ The voice belonged to Everett Phelps. ‘Yep Ev, just as soon as I finish this here coffee.’ Without asking Everett took a seat across from me. I knew him because he and my Dad have been friends. ‘Did I ever tell you I knowed your grandpappy?’ He looked as though he actually wanted. Cobbles, ripped up from the streets and used as missiles against the government troops, had not been fully replaced, and musket balls, fired by soldiers and rebels, had splintered and scarred many trees and buildings.Our carriage pulled up outside the Garabaldi’s residence in the Rue Chevert, an area unaffected by the recent rebellion.“What activities, other than political, does Chloe have that keep her so busy?” I said, as I handed Mimi down from the carriage.She gave me a withering look.. “Katie, I was the one that started it. With the hug,then, you know… I really shouldn’t have done that.”“So you do regret it then?” she asked, this timelooking me dead in the eyes.“No… not at all. Well, I don’t if you liked it.”She looked down, cracking a smile. “I liked it, that’swhy I kissed you back.”“I don’t know what got into me. I just… maybe it wasthe time away from you, but you seemed so differentwhen I came home. At that moment, I had troublethinking of you as my sister. I just saw.