Fictional-Characters

When I started to tell Ben about the girl, he seemed a bit nervous. At first I thought it was because he wasn’t comfortable with a stranger staying at our place. After all, who would be. But that wasn’t it. “You’re antsy, dear. If you don’t want her to stay, tell me. We’ll figure something out.” “It’s not that I don’t want her to stay. She’ll be fine. That’s not the problem.” “Well, what is?” There was a pause while he considered his answer. “The thing is, I already knew she was coming.” “What?” “I saw her at our place in a