Mentioning the Lestranges had been too risky, and not just because someone might overhear. It hadn't occurred to Ford that Miss Chang would have any experience with them to add to the conversation, and certainly not any experience with Cash — or, rather, with this wife.
"Adrienne Selwyn," he supplied before he could think better of it. He immediately regretted this, because it opened up a whole line of conversation about how he knew the new Mrs. Lestrange, and he didn't want to go down that line. Miss Chang had glanced at the dance floor a moment ago and Ford seized this as a possible escape, shifting his weight and angling his body towards the dance as though he actually cared to watch the gallop. He took a drink. Arranged from the womb, she said, and that was far too dangerous a remark to touch.
"I was at the wedding," he said, feeling the phrase out as he went like he was walking on a frozen lake and unsure if the ice would hold his weight. This felt safe; it referenced a connection without actually explaining anything. "Guest of the groom."
"Adrienne Selwyn," he supplied before he could think better of it. He immediately regretted this, because it opened up a whole line of conversation about how he knew the new Mrs. Lestrange, and he didn't want to go down that line. Miss Chang had glanced at the dance floor a moment ago and Ford seized this as a possible escape, shifting his weight and angling his body towards the dance as though he actually cared to watch the gallop. He took a drink. Arranged from the womb, she said, and that was far too dangerous a remark to touch.
"I was at the wedding," he said, feeling the phrase out as he went like he was walking on a frozen lake and unsure if the ice would hold his weight. This felt safe; it referenced a connection without actually explaining anything. "Guest of the groom."
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