Andrea doesn’t know if she’s happy or sad to hear that Lance is awake. She wants him to recover quickly, but the sooner he recovers the sooner she has to leave him. She tries to smile happily, but Robert raises his eyebrows at her.
“Did Mr. Francis give you a hard time?” Robert asks. “You look upset.”
“Oh, no, of course not,” Andrea says a little too quickly. “I mean, he was a bit cross of course, but he mostly just wanted to ask about Lance.”
Robert nods but he doesn’t look convinced. I’ll need to be better at acting if I’m going to do this, Andrea thinks. Already, Robert is getting suspicious of me. If I’m going to trick Lance, I have to do a better job at hiding my true feelings.
She follows Robert toward the room. Before she even reaches the door, she can hear Lance swearing and
