Shari looked at him. Smiling timidly. She was glad to hear the engagement ring was just misplaced. â€œOkay. I believe you.â€ She said. Lightly smiling as she was still nervous. So he would get the engagement ring brought tomorrow? That was good. It wouldnâ€™t look real if she didnâ€™t have the engagement ring. Every woman she knew of wore both their engagement ring and their wedding ring. So it might look a bit fishy if she wasnâ€™t wearing both. Right? It felt weird settling in with a guy. She had never even so much as stayed at a guys house before. â€œIâ€™ve never done this...â€ She said softly. â€œNever settled into a place wih a man. It is strange and new. Somewhat scary but nice at the same time. Means I am safe...right?â€ She said softly. Almost too softly to hear. She was trying to rationalize pretending to be married to a guy she just met. Trying to rationalize staying in the same house as a man she just met. She had a feeling deep down he was a good guy. That fact made her relax some. She could trust him. She felt she could.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Sophia... Sophia... Iâ€™m Sophia... Sophia...</span>She began thinking to herself again during the period of silence following her words. She jumped and let out a squeak of a sound in surprise when he gently touched her shoulder. Relaxing when she realized it was just him. She had zoned out on the world so the touch had startled her greatly. She listened to him as he spoke supportively to her. He had such faith in her. â€œOkay. I believe you. Itâ€™ll be hard. Iâ€™m used to having a pet to cuddle with. Someone to keep me company when its dark.â€ She spoke shyly. It wasnâ€™t something she was used to admitting. â€œI understand why I canâ€™t have my cat yet at the same time I miss him greatly.â€ She was being honest.<br/><br/>She smiled a bit as he said he would be there to help her fix any mistakes or slip ups she made. That made her feel slightly more comfortable with the situation. Knowing she would have a pro there to help her. She listened to the compassionate voice he held towards her. Was it real? Did he really hold compassion towards her when he just met her? She wasnâ€™t sure. It was nice even if it was just a mask of the truth. She wanted to believe in that mask. She smiled a tiny bit. The smile not meeting her eyes as she was inwardly, deeply, and darkly terrified. She was even more afraid to go to sleep. Afraid of the dreams that would haunt her when she did. She just wanted to stay up and not sleep. That way she wouldnâ€™t be haunted by the memories. At least...that was the hope.<br/><br/>She thought about it. Nodding her head slowly. â€œThat might help. If you donâ€™t mind helping me practice that is. I donâ€™t want to bother you if you are busy preparing for stuff and stuff.â€ She said. Blushing slightly as that sounded quite stupid when she listened to it. She nibbled on her lower lip slightly. She looked at him with trusting eyes. She was trusting him to keep her safe. Trusting him to help her live this lie. It was a lie because at the end of it she would be alone again. Alex would move on and she would just be her. THat kind of saddened her as she wanted to be loved and accepted. She wasnâ€™t a strong woman and had learned many didnâ€™t have the patience to be gentle and slow with her. She craved to have someone to be close to even if it wasnâ€™t in a relationship sense.<br/><br/>She smiled at him a bit. â€œCan you tell me more about you? About who I am supposed to be?â€ She asked softly.