Before Sadie's tears overflow a waitress comes to our table, interrupting, not on purpose, this intimate moment, she hands us the menus and leaves. I take Sadie's hand and told her: "Everything will be ok, I have an idea, but it depends on your schedule, we can stay for the weekend and have a great double date, maybe go to the park or movies, then a fancy restaurant, I'll treat you girls, of course, Camilla has to agree as well, I don't know if she has plans for tomorrow (Sunday)."

I see Sadie's eyes well with tears so fast, they spilled down her cheeks before she could react. I softly take her other hand with my free hand, hold her hands for a few seconds, then with both palms of my hands, wipe her face clear of tears and tear streaks, bringing my hands down to her hands again.

Sadie's POV

Jarrod and Camilla wanted to know if they could treat me to something this afternoon and Camilla blurted out she would like to go on a double date with me and my girlfriend

'I would love to' I replied. 'Unfortunately Liz has other plans today, and I'm worried about your journey home. If you have to be back at work on Monday, I don't want you driving in the dark'

Our main courses arrived and we began to eat

Tristan's POV:

I was wondering why Enid didn't answer my questions right away, while we were in front of each other, was I too straight forward, did I embarrass her? As I was thinking I receive a text from Enid, surprisingly answering my questions: I feel honored and hope I gave her a good experience being the first to wipe and kiss her tears,  my heart skips a beat when I read I can continue wiping and kissing her tears, I feel a bit disappointed as I read that I can only take care of her tears in a private setting, I guess we'll have to work in her trust in me in a public setting.

I reply: "Thank you for answering, I would really love to spend more time with you, talk a little more about this and in general, would you like to have a walk in the park in the early afternoon?"

My sister turned down our suggestion of having a double date with her and Liz saying she going to be working all weekend. She also said we'd never make it back to work Monday if we left Sunday night saying it'd be better if we left tonight. It only took us about 8 hrs to drive to see her so if we left early Sunday like mid afternoon/early evening we'd be fine for work on Monday. Although disappointed I wasn't going to push. It was nice enough for her to let us stay last night.

I guess Jarrod could see the disappointment on my face as he instinctively began to caress my thigh before giving me a light squeeze letting me know it was time to go. With that Jarrod took one of my hands and one of my sister's hands in his helping us to stand up. Jarrod pays for everyone before heading out. We then leave the restaurant and walk my sister back to her apartment giving her hugs and cheek kisses before we leave. As I'm sitting in Jarrod's car I can hear him still talking to my sister. He tells her that she still owes us a double date sometime. He says she's welcome to come to our place unless she'd rather us come back up to her apartment. My sister tells him she'll call us to set something up as she has to talk it over with Liz.

As soon as I feel Jarrod start his car I can feel hot tears starting to sting the backs of my eyes. My breathing begins to become slightly hitched as I can feel a lump forming in my throat. I'm not sure if Jarrod noticed as he hasn't taken his eyes off the road. That is until we get on the highway. I then feel him patting my upper thigh before giving it a gentle squeeze. He always knows how to get to my emotions.

I can feel the car starting to slow down. That's when I see Jarrod out the corner of my eye turning to look at me. With that he starts caressing my thigh starting at my knee and sliding under my dress continueing to caress my thigh until he reached my hips. Usually by now I'm extremely aroused but this time I just can't seem to shake the thoughts in my head to be able to fully enjoy his touch. I guess Jarrod could sense something was wrong  because he stopped caressing my thigh and asked me what was wrong. He told me that I should finally be at peace knowing my sister really is ok and making a new life for herself. He then turns his focus back to the road still keeping ine eye focused in my direction.

"I'm glad my sister is happy." I began taking a deep breath. I then turned my focus out the window staring at the passing cars. "It's just that my sister didn't seem as happy to see us as we were to see her. It felt like she felt obligated to have us stay over last night as well as to accept our offer to treat her out to eat. She couldn't shoot our offer of a double date down quick enough. Having every excuse to send us home as quickly as manageable. I wonder if she's still upset with us in some way. I doubt her resentment towards us could have evaporated that quickly." I finished quickly before my voice began to crack and I wasn't able to get the words out. With that I could finally feel a hot tear slip out of my left eye and make it's way quickly down my cheek stopping midway. I left my tear unchecked as I continued to stare out the window as my vision became more and more blurry.

Sadie's POV

After I had waved Jarrod and Camilla off, I got into my own car and drove back home. I'm glad I had a chance to clear the air with my sister about my own happiness. It was just a shame that we only had a weekend to see each other. Boston was such a long way away after all, and I didn't want Jarrod or Camilla to neglect their job at the school.

You see I'd become more responsible since Jan had put his faith in me to help supervise at his juice bar. Having never done it before I was working hard to make a go of it and perhaps I had projected some of this onto Jarrod and Camilla

And the other thing that I hadn't brought up was I still thought they were rushing their relationship with each other. They had known each other for years this was true, but had only been intimate for a few months. And now they were rushing into marriage and it was a little upsetting because Camilla had said I had done precisely the same thing when I broke up with Jennifer the first time by going out with Jessica a week or so later.

A tear ran down my left cheek as these thoughts cascaded through my mind. I wiped it away and my thoughts turned to Liz. Today was the anniversary of her Dad's death. I hoped I was doing the right thing by leaving her alone for the day