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Where?
The boardinghouse
Go slowly, grandson Give this old man a little time to prepare I will meet you at the house Janos will come too
Thank you
Yairen broke the link Ranon slowed the Coach to the pace of an a walk—and hoped Cassidy wouldn’t ask hi so much
By the time he set the Coach down on the street in front of the boardinghouse, there were la in the s of several rooht air
“We’re here,” he said, holding out a hand
She slipped her hand in his, still saying nothing as she followed him out of the Coach and into the house
His grandfather waited for them in the front parlor
“The Rose has corieves estured to two chairs and a table “Come and sit with an old man”
She sat, and she seeht more than a husk to Eyota
Yairen waved a hand over the table TwoCraft, Yairen poured dark, steas
“This is a special drink,” Yairen said “I usually s that are troubling their hearts, but I think tonight your heart could use this”
“I don’t think I can speak,” Cassidy whispered
Yairen sently “Even silence has a voice Drink Perhaps ill talk Perhaps not Perhaps I alone will talk and tell you ive you the first lesson in how to play a drum”
Cassidy took a sip of his grandfather’s special brew of spiced whiskey and coffee She took another sip “I would like to hear more about your music”
“Good” Yairen looked at Ranon “Are you still here, troublemaker?”
“Troublemaker?” Cassidy asked
“Bah” Yairen waved one hand gently in front of his face “The stories I could tell you about that one Go on, now,” he added, pointing at Ranon “Leave us to talk without your bothersome presence”
Cassidy snorted and took another, larger sip of the brew
Tend to your business, grandson, Yairen said The Rose will be safe here a us
Don’t tell her too many stories He looked at Cassidy “I’ll be back as soon as I can”
“You proot here,” Cassidy said
“Oh I did, didn’t I?” This time his smile wasn’t forced He called in her trunks and set them at the other end of the parlor
“See?” Yairen said, laughing “Troublemaker”
An hour before sunrise,room
Ranon had figured he would face anger He’d figured he would face temper