Wesley turned her down.

“I need to go visit Chief Balthasar this afternoon. How about this? I’ll drop you off at the mall.”

Garnet Lowered her head in frustration and murmured, “Wesley, it’s the

New Year. Honestly! Is work all you can think about? You haven’t been back for two years. And I don’t know when I’ll be free next time. It might take another two years for a chance like this. Maybe longer. So stay. Just for today. Please?”

This time, Wesley wasn’t slow. He vaguely realized that Garnet had feelings for him. He shook his head vigorously and said, “Before you leave for work, I’ll see you off.”

me home now. I

Garnet was really disappointed.

making sure Garnet was safely home, Wesley went to deal with

him a few hours to get everything squared away.

confused, so he opened the WeChat app to send her a message. Funny-it showed a five-minute video chat in his chat log from earlier

on? What was I doing then?‘ Wesley furrowed his

in the living room.

it? Mom? Dad? No, they were off

Niles. He was at a friend’s wedding.

Angela’s Library

Grandpa, Garnet and me.

had to

that thought, Wesley planned to call Blair. But before he could do anything, his phone

“Hi Grandpa, what’s up?”

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