#Chapter 246: Dedication

Audrey Edwin and I settled at a little round bistro table outside the cafe. It was a warm, sunny day, and we were both eager to sit in the sun and enjoy the fresh air. We ordered a couple of sandwiches and two glasses of iced tea, our cups already condensating with little droplets of water by the time they reached our table. I trailed my finger through the condensation, eyeing my mate warily as I did. He’d said that I would ‘want to be sitting down’ to hear whatever it was he had to say to me, but he seemed to be taking his time in telling me. Finally, when Edwin remarked about the dessert menu for the third time, I lost my patience. “What do you have to tell me?” I blurted out, then quickly lowered my voice when I realized that other diners were watching us. “You made it out like someone died.” Edwin quickly shook his head. “No, no, nothing like that, I assure you,” he said. He paused and sucked in a deep lungful of air as he raked his fingers through his