Alanna felt embarrassed, nodded and lowered her head and then sat down in the dining room and picked up a pair of silverware. She began to eat with a feeling of guilt inside her.
She didn't want to get sentimental. The reason Nick had stayed home with her was because maybe he felt guilt in his heart. After all, she had asked him about his mistress, but he decided to keep quiet.
If nothing was supposed to have happened between him and that woman, why hadn't he said so right then and there? There was something hidden, Alanna could tell.
Alanna knew she shouldn't keep asking about what had happened. Even she had resigned herself to being with Nick. He was still running away. She felt she didn't have to think about it anymore.
With no appetite Alanna left more than half her plate on th
