“Yes, and I’ll be sure not to speak to strangers.. Anything else, mother?” There was a pause, followed by a heavy sigh before he was hanging up, far too worried about his surroundings and the lack of liquor in his system than listening to his mother pretend to give a damn about him. She was twenty-eight years late, and Carlisle just wanted to enjoy the event. “Sorry, about that.. Where were we?” He wondered, turning back toward the person who’d been sitting next to him.













