Before he had finished his meal, he put down the cutlery and container and leant against the wall with a long sigh. "I need to talk to you about something."
Her heart roared into frenzied overdrive. "You know you can talk to me about anything."
"This ... this is going to be ... precarious."
Yup, she had panicked him. Lois cast aside her food and hunched her knees into the circle of her arms. "We're friends," she said. "And friends can say anything to each other."
"Friends?"
She nodded. "We're friends."
His head swung away, and he seemed to be gathering the impetus to continue. "Lois," he said as he looked back at her. "There probably isn't a twenty-eight-year-old male on this planet who knows less about women than I do ... but ... did you nearly kiss me before?"
I will be going away next week. I hope to post part 22 midweek and part 23 at the weekend. Then there will be a break of about a week before 'Bridge' finishes with the final two parts.
Then comes 'Trail'.
Thanks!
Corrina.
