[Heather]

"I'm hungry. Let's have lunch first," Charity suggested while looking at the row of restaurants on the side of the road.

"Don't you have an appointment this afternoon?" I asked, not taking offense to her deliberately diverting the conversation. I knew she must have a reason for doing so.

"I don't. That's why I can accompany you," my friend replied.

She gestured to the driver to enter the parking lot of a restaurant. A waiter greeted us and escorted us to an ...