She did not go to him that day, not the next, not even the next after that.

Mackenzie waited throughout the weekend, telling herself - hour after hour - that if he did not come to work, she would go to him herself.

It was a good thing he had not told anyone of the true nature of their relationship yet. It was easy to keep her thoughts together that way.

That weekend, Charlotte decided to celebrate her liberation from unemployment, and invitation to work in the most ...