‘How can I be with Sylvia if I’m always thinking about Lindsay?… But then how can I be with Lindsay if I still love Sylvie?’ ‘Who says you h...ave to be with either of them? Why not be single for a bit longer?’ That was a good idea. Oliver didn’t know why he hadn’t thought of it himself. The next morning he got the phone call from the hospital. He was cleared of any negligence and could go back to work starting Monday. He called Sylvie then went to her house, which used to be their house, to. No twinkling lights but soft candlelight danced over the walls and offered a calming atmosphere. Waiters had begun to circulate with trays filled with a variety of tempting indulgences while others carried trays of filled champagne glasses. In one corner of the parlor a string quartet had begun playing light classical and seasonal music. As guests began to arrive and recognized each other, they shared their curiosity about Mr. Emerly. Several of Savannah’s single women had been invited and. The food was hot, full of fat, salt, and sugar. I scanned the room every few bites but no one seemed to be paying us any attention. The crowd was mixed; black, white, and even a young Asian couple, old, young, families, and two-somes.Down the road only a mile or so was a motel and we took a room on the side. I sent Kristy to the bathroom to take a shower and settled on the bed, turning on the entertainment console.A slight scrape outside the door caught my attention and then the door burst in.. He tried to phone her at the airport to tell her that he had landed and see if she could leave work early to meet him at home. But Judy did not answer her cell phone which was a bit odd but Tom did not think anything of it.He was not expecting Judy to be home as it was still early afternoon, so the sight of her car in the drive way surprised Tom. Did Judy anticipate his thinking and waiting for him upstairs? He left his suitcase at the bottom of the staircase and walked up quietly while taking.