Cosette glanced around and then noticed Edward's shoes in the shoe rack.
She had thought to send Rosie home so that she wouldn't meet Carl, yet hadn't thought of something as obvious as this.
Edward lived here too. Of course there would be lots of his belongings in the apartment.
She tried to put herself in Carl's place. If Carl knew of Edward's existence, it would upset him. He would find it difficult to accept her relationship with Edward.
After thinking for a while, Cosette bent over and hugged Carl, "Baby, this apartment belongs to a good friend of mine. He asks me to come over and help him take care of it."
"Okay," Carl said, feeling disappointed.
Carl had hoped that Cosette did have a boyfriend and that the boyfriend was his father.
"Okay, baby, let's e
