"I met up with Ava earlier," Lane said, as they finally sat down to dinner. The note he had left earlier didn't really explain anything - Lane had just written that he was going out, but should be back soon - but that was just because he had left in a bit of a hurry, and couldn't have been bothered to explain. His whereabouts weren't a secret, though, and he had been planning to tell Damien about it once they were both home.
"Oh?" Damien looked up from his plate. "To ask about the hypnosis?"
"Yes."
Among other things… But the rest Lane didn't feel ready to discuss with Damien yet… Not for the foreseeable future. Perhaps not until he tied Damien to himself with marriage or something.
"And what did she say?" Damien asked calmly, not suspecting anything. Or at least acting as if he hadn't noticed anything off.
"Well… She said that the excuse I had given Ethan is rather unlikely… Pretty much impossible, in fact."
