Despite Fallon’s protest Malou was of the opinion that if she were not already smitten with the handsome ‘JP’ then she most certainly should be. But then again Malou didn’t know what had transpired with Mr. MacFusty while Fallon was gone either. The last time they had spoken Malou had been teasing her of Mr. MacFusty’s affections as well. Now was not the time to press into that, though. Fallon needed to work on resting not providing Malou with every detail of the past weeks, as a healer Malou knew the importance of rest and not recounting events. She’d had to remind the ministry to leave a patient alone more than once in her career.

Malou shifted on the bed to sit up right next to Fallon as if they were once again young girls safe in their dormitory sharing secrets. The daisy chain Fallon showed her was something she had glimpsed here and there before Fallon’s disappearance, she hadn’t thought anything of it then. “Why would he give you that?” More importantly why would it be a ring? “Especially if it is a ring?” It might be innocuous but given his concern in Malou’s office and in his letters it didn’t seem the type of gesture of a man who was not smitten. It also made Malou believe there was definitely something Fallon was not telling her.