Staff began to line up in front of the door and to Ruby and Zane, it indicated that Ian had returned. The pair found his speedy arrival odd and both stood outside to greet him.
"Do you think he found her?" Ruby asked.
"He would have called if he did." Zane said, as they watched an unfamiliar vehicle come to a slow halt in front of them. The rear door opened, and Mina wearily alighted from the car. Zane and Ruby rushed her with a litter of questions.
"Where have you been? Where did you go?" They asked in unison. Mina was still shivering and re-entering the cold made her body tremble violently again.
Paul and Maggie were baffled by the worried greeting Mina received. He had been tainted by his fiancé's words and had begun to believe he was driving Mina to her lover's home. He thought she would be embarrassingly driven away, and he had already mentally prepared himself to witness her humiliation.
