His first and second questions make a smile that's almost involuntarily flirtatious curve her lips, and she slows just a little bit the closer they get to the door.
"Good is subjective, padre," -- and sometimes kind of overrated, she thinks -- "but I can tell you that you're definitely the most interesting priest I've ever met."
And definitely the most handsome, but she's not going to say that. It might be less flattering if he knew she had no memory of anything beyond the last three years, but she's not going to say a word about that, either.
"You might have to ask James himself about that one, though."
He didn't tell her. But even so, she's got her guesses.
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"Good is subjective, padre," -- and sometimes kind of overrated, she thinks -- "but I can tell you that you're definitely the most interesting priest I've ever met."
And definitely the most handsome, but she's not going to say that. It might be less flattering if he knew she had no memory of anything beyond the last three years, but she's not going to say a word about that, either.
"You might have to ask James himself about that one, though."
He didn't tell her. But even so, she's got her guesses.