"N - Nick." she somehow found her voice and half whispered his name, her
blue eyes filled with confused, unshed tears. But, Julia being Julia... at
least this much of her backbone kicking in despite the extraordinary
circumstances that had her here in the first place, she raised her chin and
waited for him to talk, to say something... and probably yell or accuse her
or Derek of a trick...
Derek put a steadyng hand on Julia's shoulder. "I know this must be a shock
Nick, but it's a far greater one for Julia." Not to mention himelf, but he
couldn't worry about that right now. When you job was to look after other
people you couldn't take time to worry about yourself. His eyes moved back
to Julia's face seeing how hard she was trying to keep her composure.
Derek
(Okay, short and sweet, would have been longer but dinner arrived.:-)
