“Tomorrow?” Yvonne hesitated. She was scheduled to report to SY Realty for her first day of work.

“Yeah. Do you think you could... come see me off? I don’t have many friends in Aurelia State. You’re one of the few old friends I’ve still got.” There was a note of earnest plea in Marcus’s voice.

Marcus had always been more than kind to her and Iris. Over the past three years, every time Iris caught a fever or came down with a cold, it was Marcus who ...