> "No but her seeing you around maybe asking Rachel afterwards might make her > uncomfortable." Julia murmured before smiling at the last part "Sounds like > a date, Mister Rayne. You talk to Rachel, I'll talk to Pip and we'll meet > up in the middle, how's that?" > Derek smiled and nodded at his wife, catching her arm before she took off to follow the others. "I do have some tact," he told her in amusemen, regarding her fear of hem popping upstairs to talk to Rachel. He watched her leave and waited for Rachel to enter.
"Rachel," he said motioning for her to follow him into the parlor. Once inside he closed the doors and took a seat in his favorite chair. "I have two things to discuss with you. Amber has some injuries that should probably be checked out, just to be on the safe side. She's upstairs waiting for you in her room." He paused for a moment, not quite sure how to broach the subject. "I'm afraid I got started off on the wrong foot with her and I need some advice on how to rectify the situation. She seems to be rather....fragile." Derek
