"Hey Raymond."
Raymond flinched at her presence, a sign of lasting mental wound she had inflicted on him. Still anxious about whether she might suddenly choose that particular day to finally announce her punishment for his crimes.
Seeing her expression was still calm however, it seemed that today wasn't the day yet. So be calmed down as well.
"What is it?"
"I'm gonna go out later, make sure to remind Erin not to forget her bag again."
"Where are you going?"
"Breakfast, then I'm headed to a New Elites club meeting."
"Wow. Can I join you?"
She raised an eyebrow at his enthusiasm.
"Why?"
"Ahem. As your Shadow, it's my duty to follow you around where you go!"
"Huh."
She nodded, indeed. That did make sense, if they were about two hundred years in the past and Raymond was an actual Shadow who was raised from birth in order to serve her. She would have believed him fully.
