It may have been the most frightening thing she had ever willingly disclosed, even if it didn't amount to the full truth. She waited, seeming to teeter on the edge of something when, thankfully, Samuel chose to catch her.

She held to his hand like a lifeline, his actions dictating her foreseeable future. When he handed here his card, Themis' brow furrowed, until he explained himself. This was illicit, absolutely not a respectable choice. She thanked him anyway, card clutched firmly in her hand. "I will." She promised without further explanation. She smiled, but it was perfunctory, her attention already lost to where she would be in the next half hour. She turned away from him then, with nothing else to say, and she walked purposefully back inside, fighting the urge to look over her shoulder.

There were choices to make. She could easily make the correct choice and stay at her home with her son, a normal night with no questions of her character. It wouldn't do. She paced in her room, fretted about her decision, and scribbled a message to her son. She would be missing dinner tonight.

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