HAVE DINNER WITH ME

Sophie didn't get a breathing space that night as she wandered about, talking to her guests and the families of her featured artists. She had almost let herself go into worry about Harper but Joyce had handed her a glass of non alcoholic wine that had put her at ease.

So, with a glass in hand, Sophie had wandered around in her gallery and attended to guests. The number of people that had turned up were more than she had expected but she was glad that she had enough resources to handle them. She had just finished selling off a beautiful glass piece to a man when Joyce pulled her aside for a break.

"Heard anything from them yet?” she whispered as Joyce pulled her away from the scene to a corner.

“Not yet,” Joyce whispered back with a hiss. She was equally very worried but that wasn't what she wanted to talk about.

“Okay, so what's going on?” Sophie asked when she saw the look on her face.

“I just saw Jasper and Olivia.” Joyce confessed trying to look past her friend's shoulders toward t