"Made up your mind?"

"I should have left long ago."

After a brief silence, Marcus replied, "Can you wait a bit longer? I'm tied up with some business in the State of Rothmark."

Eliana asked, "How long?"

She couldn't afford to wait too long due to her condition – if her belly started showing, things would get complicated, especially since she hadn't really terminated the pregnancy.

"Two weeks, is that ...