Chapter 78 A Jumping Point

• Theodore
• They talked the whole walk to the restaurant, Violet never removed her hand from mind, and she walked in between me and Olivia. I could see that Olivia was irritated by it by the occasional looks she would shoot me, but I ignored them. The restaurant was closer than I expected. I opened the door for them both, ushering my wife in first. Olivia looked like she was going to blow.
• By the time we were seated at a table, not a booth, with Violet sitting across from Violet and me next to Violet, I felt like things were only going to get worse from here. Violet knew the waiter, greeted him kindly and took charge on ordering as neither Olivia nor I had ever been here.