Does that make sense?”“Don’t be too sure of that,” she counselled. “I think other emotions will hit you at different times.”She paused.“...avid, I want you to be sure you can call on me anytime. Please do. You know I’ve known Celia for getting on for twenty years and you only for about six, but I really feel closer to you than to her, you’ve become my best male friend, you know.”She drove him home. As he left the car, she asked, “Any chance of dinner tomorrow? I mean you cooking for me? I love. ”“You two are impossible,” grinned Toby and left them to it.He wandered off to bed and wondered idly why he felt so tired. Presumably he had used up quite a lot of nervous energy doing something to which he was totally unaccustomed. He smiled. “I enjoyed it though.”Around ten o’clock the following morning the doorbell rang and Alf, the Roberts’s cockerpoo, barking loudly answered it with Nessa. It was Leah with Allie holding tightly to her hand and hanging back nervously. She did not know about. That didn’t mean they were all happy. Hawk’s Grandmother, Orchid, wanted to know what world off the island was like. Orchid had lush green eyes, but whatever skin and hair she might have had by nature island life sun-bleached her hair a sun blonde and gave her a dark tanned head to toe. She asked the founders about everything they would tell her of the outside world. When she could arrange it Orchid and her youngest child, a son called Ash, left the island. As much as she wanted to see the. .. I let my gaze drift off into space. "Doing good, I see," he said. "Mind if I join you?" Oh what a smooth operator, I thought, allowing myself to giggle again, as he slid onto the couch beside me. He smiled, showing uneven teeth. The only reason he had the guts to come near me was because he thought he had me drugged. He was so transparent, it was unbelievable. It was amusing. I decided to play along, at least for a while. Tease him, lead him on, and drop him before.