As if on cue, Desmond walked into the sitting room as Sam was briskly heading towards the bedroom.
"Good morning Sam, you were gone a bit too long. Is there any problem?" his face was beaming with a rare smile that had never been there before.
"No not really, I just tried making a conversation with Eric," she replied with a smile of her own, she was slowly getting better at lying but it was partially the truth so she felt less guilty than she normally does when she usually told a lie.
"Oh, I'm guessing you didn't have much of a success then," the smile still on his face as he kissed her on the cheeks and proceeded to the sitting room. The smile was still glowing on his face.
