Chapter 17

• Celine was silent for a time while Gaile, on the other end of the telephone, waited for her decision.
• She was perplexed as to why Callahan went all the way to their countryside only to visit her, especially when she had heard him state that he was going to treat Coleen.
• So why is he there? Is he attempting to fool me? Why is he so persistent with me? Does he like me? That's difficult because he also likes other girls. He's probably just messing around.