Oddly specific. She sighed internally: of course he was on a mission. Some amusing distraction he would be, if he was too busy with his work as well!
But he had asked her a question, so at least this was not utter dismissal. “Just checking citations for my father’s bibliography,” Mattie explained, with a wistful sigh out loud this time, “and I’ve been working on an Astronomy summer project but –” she let out a bright little laugh, “there’s only so much I can do with that before nightfall.”
She had no idea if he would be impressed or dismayed by her tiresomely studious ways, but she was hopeful he had more tolerance for such things than most men his age. He was the brains between the Yarwood brothers, after all. She didn’t need to know them well at all to be sure of that.
“What are you after?” Mattie said, letting her gaze sweep the room and return to him with the light of a newfound quest in them. He hadn’t asked for it, but she had more energy than she knew what to do with, so she leapt at the chance to join in a hunt.
But he had asked her a question, so at least this was not utter dismissal. “Just checking citations for my father’s bibliography,” Mattie explained, with a wistful sigh out loud this time, “and I’ve been working on an Astronomy summer project but –” she let out a bright little laugh, “there’s only so much I can do with that before nightfall.”
She had no idea if he would be impressed or dismayed by her tiresomely studious ways, but she was hopeful he had more tolerance for such things than most men his age. He was the brains between the Yarwood brothers, after all. She didn’t need to know them well at all to be sure of that.
“What are you after?” Mattie said, letting her gaze sweep the room and return to him with the light of a newfound quest in them. He hadn’t asked for it, but she had more energy than she knew what to do with, so she leapt at the chance to join in a hunt.
