“You’re not even tempted?” Sarah took one of the coffee cups. “Like I said,” D said, “I haven’t even really looked into it properly.” “You liked London during the exchange year,” Sarah noted. “Yeah, sure…” D shrugged. “Still… moving there for work for two years? I don’t know… So far, I haven’t gi
“He’s coming Tuesday afternoon,” Sarah specified. This basically meant that while she couldn’t attend the grill party, one member of the Reilley family would be there after all. D nodded, without looking up. Then she released an audible breath and took a cookie. “D, listen –” Sarah started. “It’s
Struggling to keep her expression neutral, D gazed towards the garden. She couldn’t blame Sarah for wanting to talk with a friend about things she might be worried or curious about when it came to her brother. In this particular case, however, D didn’t feel as if she could be that friend. Especial
Sarah rolled her eyes and huffed out an angry breath. “Well, and the newest thing…” D said before Sarah could articulate her doubtlessly many thoughts on the bleak summary. “The newest thing is… It’s all about us staying friends.” She managed to pronounce friends like something offensive, and the q
It was early afternoon when Joe dropped onto the big hotel bed, arms stretched to the side. Peace and quiet! He had two hours before he was supposed to meet Peer and Christine for dinner. He had made it a habit to get together with them whenever he was in Amsterdam. He knew Peer from the first year
Joe remembered searching for food after meeting Linda and Bob. His stomach had been growling and he had lost Liz in the crowd to someone she absolutely needed to talk to. He had found the buffet and retreated to his favorite fancy chair in the second exhibition room with a bunch of hors d’oeuvres o
Hurting him was intended, of course. And she had justified it the same way she justified the thing with Eric a few months later: A pay-back. A pay-back for all the affairs he was surely having during all his business trips. The funny thing was, of course, that during all the time he had been with h
Once on the road she called Robert to tell him that she was on her way. The second she hung up, her mind immediately darted back to what she actually didn’t really want to think about... Over the last three years she had seen Joe exactly once – a little over a year ago at his father’s funeral. “I