Helena had seen Cassidy with people before.She had seen her on dates that went well and dates that went badly and in the middle of one relationship in her late twenties that had lasted two years and ended quietly and left Cassidy sadder than she admitted for longer than she let on. Helena had been present for all of it. She knew Cassidy's face in every version of almost.She had not seen this before.They met at the restaurant on a Saturday. Cassidy's suggestion. She had said come for lunch, I want you to meet Marcus properly, not at an event, just lunch. Helena had said yes. She had arrived first and was at the table with water when they came in together.She saw them before they saw her.Cassidy was saying something and Marcus was listening and there was nothing remarkable about that except the way he was doing it. He was not scanning the room. He was not waiting for her to finish so he could talk. He was just in it, turned toward her slightly, his whole attention on whatever she w
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