What you saw in the garden was Tommy Johnson doing his best to get into my bloomers, and he didn't succeed. As far as my sister is concerned, she is m...ore of a lady than you will ever be. If you can find one man in Washington, or anywhere else, that can say that she has done anything improper he's a lair. If he is willing to say it, he had better be prepared to defend it with his life. Tom, her husband, doesn't take well to people sullying his wife's honor."Victoria smiled at Charlotte sitting. Everything he did, his whole personality, were the hands that were pushing her.“Stop being so nice to me,” she said.“I’m being nice to you?” His eyebrows rose.“Stop being ... you!” she barked.“Who else am I supposed to be?” he asked, his face softening. “Is this about the wand? If it is, I already told you I’m sorry. I only told you that stuff because I had to. I didn’t mean to freak you out.”Mindy’s recent dreams drifted around in her mind. They were already fading. She knew she’d had some. I decided to teach our secretary the driving lessons and told her so. She was prepared to be taught. The first lesson was her sitting in the passenger seat and me driving the car in order to show her the drill. I then swapped places and told her to get started. The very first thing she did was to stall the engine. And she was getting no better with her nerves. So she agreed that I will sit with her in the driver seat and control the footwork part while she steered and handled the gears. That. And pointed at a wide alleyway. “That will take you into the market square,” he told us. “You have my number, Sue if you get lost but this place is pretty central and everyone knows where it is. Give me a call when you’re ready to go and I’ll get Maria to collect you. She can bring you back to my offices and I’ll take you home.”She reached across and kissed him. “Have a good day. See you later.”We walked away hand in hand to find a place to have breakfast. It was nice to have time alone.