Why had the topic of godparenting been suddenly brought up? Thomas froze for a moment, his mind sluggish as his mouth opened and closed without producing a word. He turned his gaze to Julia.

The matter of godparenting had been his wifes decision.

Ms. Lynch, how do you do? Im Julia.

At his wifes words, a flicker of awkwardness crossed Thomass eyes. It dawned on him that after Mr. Jennings introduced his partner, he should have immediately introduced his ...