The visit

Jade

"I don't know, Helene. I woke up this morning and he was already gone. No note, no message, nothing."

"Damn…" She whistled.

"I don't want to jump to conclusions, but last night…"

I told her about what had happened at the ball, about the fact that we almost kissed, about what he had said about redefining our relationship and about how he had slightly opened up about his past.

"Coupled with the fact that we had…you know last night, I thought that maybe…"

"Maybe, he wanted to be in a real relationship with you?" Helene asked, her voice soft.

"Yes…" I replied, picking at a thread in the blanket I had wrapped around myself.

"Oh, honey…"

"I know, I know. It's stupid of me to think so, especially since I have only known him for a couple of weeks. I mean, I don't know anything about him and vice-versa. I just…"

"I understand. I'm gonna be honest with you, I do think things happened a little too fast, but from what you've said, I'm beginning to believe that this Conan guy also has feelings