We arrived in the town in the afternoon and I guided Martin to the diner. I had barely got out of the

car when I found myself in a hug. CeCe squealed as she hugged me. I laughed and hugged her

back.

“You look amazing!” she told me.

“Look who’s talking. You are radiating,” I said to her. She giggled.

“I am annoyingly happy,” she confessed, making me laugh.

“As you should be. Come and meet my friend,” I said and pulled her over to where Martin stood

with an amused smile. “CeCe this is Martin, Martin this is CeCe, the bride to be,” I introduced

them.

“Hello, and congratulations,” he said.

“Thank you and welcome to the metropolitan we call home.” CeCe leaned in to me. “That’s not the

man you left with,” she whispered. Martin could hear her with his improved hearing, and he had to

fight not to laugh.

“I know,” I whispered back.

“Where is the other one? Did you dump him?” she continued our whispered conversation.

“I told you, me and Finlay are just friends. He had to go on a business trip,” I explained.

“And you just had a spare hunk lying around? What is this place you have moved to and can I come

as well?” she asked. Martin had to pretend to look for something in the back of his car. But my

hearing and the slight shaking of his shoulders told me he was laughing.

pretended to be shocked. “You are getting married

I mean,” she said, doing a

laughed.

happy you haven’t changed,” I told her.

coffeeshop. Mrs

could have

It’s only right that

for my

wedding the

the locals had heard about my return and many came by to

his word and

she showed us the apartment. At least the

was now decorated in

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is buying the friends act,’ Martin mind linked me as we said goodbye

not. We are lucky we didn’t decide to pretend to be dating. They

I told him and I could see him

refused. We were all adults and I

in without it being awkward. Before we went to

and Martin called Sam. Everything was going well at

how tired he sounded and I knew something was up. But it

talk about it. If he told me everything was fine, whatever it was that bothered

it could wait

*

in

farm?” Mrs Andresen huffed. “It’s

all

and I listened while

out into the middle of the woods, listening to

in

really wasn’t much to show. But it

and listened to me rambling on about the place. We got a lot of attention, mostly from

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