“Claire… Have you seen Leo?”
“Have you seen Nova?” I asked him.
At the same time, I think, we both realized we had been set up.
“Do you think they are actually coming?” I asked. “Or was the plan for us…?”
Before I could even finish the thought, a horse-drawn carriage came up the driveway. The driver wore a top-hat and a suit, with a red rose fastened to the lapel. The carriage itself had room for two, with a blanket across the seat to be shared by the passengers.
“We were set-up,” Gideon said.
“Yes.”
We both looked around, as if expecting Nova and Leo to be nearby, watching. When we didn’t spot them, we looked at each other.
“We shouldn’t do this…” I started.
He shrugged. “It is a nice night. And they went to all this trouble,” Gideon said.
“Yes, that’s true. It would be a shame
