Cynthia Dion:

"I didn't expect you to be so jumpy," he remarked, his gaze fixed on my face in the mirror's reflection.

"Yeah, I've been like that lately. Will Flora be there when we arrive today?" I asked, steering the conversation away from my previous slip-up and focusing on something else.

"Let's go. They're waiting for us at the breakfast table," he instructed, without addressing my question.

He turned and left the room, and I didn't say anything in ...