Richard Shaw left without a word for twenty days. At first, he was too busy to notice, but once the initial busy days passed, it suddenly struck him that he hadn't told Crystal Landon, and she hadn't contacted him either.
The best time to mention it had passed, so he chose not to bring it up. Days went by without either of them reaching out until the visit ended, and still there was no contact.
When Richard Shaw returned to Shaw Mansion, he felt inexplicably nervous about being so close to home. He recalled the night he left, when he wanted her, and she was quite reluctant. The young girl, only twenty by lunar age, probably had affections as fickle as the weather in June, changing at a moment's notice.
Could it be that she was tired of him, and that's why she hadn't wanted to contact him all these days?
When the man entered, he saw her speaking with the old lady, her smile radiant. But upon seeing him, her expression changed, and she turned her face away without any expression.
