Chapter 29: Chapter 29: London Get Away

Minutes later they arrived at the restaurant. Arthur turned the car off and they sat in silence together for a while. Each thought about how to break the silence and how to get past this latest argument.

“Is it healthy to argue all the time? It does not feel good when we do,” Rachel said, carefully testing the waters of communication on the pink elephant topic they were avoiding discussing.

“I don’t know. Part of me says yes and part says no. I’ve never met anyone like you. That’s not an excuse, just information.”

“What do you mean?”

Arthur put his right hand on top of her left hand in the car. “Someone so complicated; someone so...challenging to get to know.”

“Hmmm. Is there something you’d like to ask me about in particular?”

“Everything. Nothing. Something. Like that. I’m confused. What are we doing?”

“‘Wait and see’ doesn’t set too easily with you, I guess, huh, Arthur?”

“No, it doesn’t,” he replied.