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He laughed again, but this time with a deeper, darker sound

When the dance ended, he escorted me back to my table

"I was getting jealous," Saood out there"

"Just let yourself go, Saood, too," Nelson advised him He winked, thanked me for the dance and returned to his fiancee

We had cola the wave of social acceptance, but at theA rush of sadness washed throughThe sky was still a soft blue with only scattered clouds, but the chill in my bones told me a storm was just beyond the horizon

"I think I'd better go home, Samuel," I said "I'm worried about Mother"

"Oh, certainly," he said "This is about over anyway"

All the way horatulated hiement

"Every one of thereat things together"

He rambled on and on, but I didn't hear much My mind was on Nelson and our intimate moments on the dance floor What had he seen in my eyes? How had it affected him? Would ays be close friends?

"Well?" Samuel asked

"What?"

"I just asked you when you thought I should come by tomorrow to take you to see the house and the property I'll have the architect there if you like"

"Oh, I'ht about Mother You should call s are," I said

"Fine I can't wait for you to see it, Olivia Your father's seen it, you know He thinks it's a spectacular piece of property"