<div style="text-align: justify;">Colette smiled at Paul. It was good to know that he wasn’t mad at her. She would have been really upset if he had gotten mad at her. Even now, that she didn’t really have any romantic hopes about Paul, she still cared deeply for him. She knew they could only be friends and nothing more, but that was still better than nothing. And on the bright side of the situation, Paul would at least be rid of Rich. The man really didn’t seem like the kind of person a man like Paul would feel comfortable being around. <br/><br/>Once Paul got a pen and a pad, Colette fell silent and sat with her hands on her lap. She nodded when Paul said he would try to remember, and stayed silent, as she didn’t want to disrupt Paul’s thought process. <br/><br/>When Paul finally handed her the list, Colette’s eyes went wide. She had no idea he could remember that many women Rich had hurt. Nodding, she read all of the names with some curiosity. <br/><br/>Paul’s comment about Gloria O’Neal made Colette shudder. His comment on Amy made the young woman nibble on her lower lip. ~“And you have marked her as one of the girls who could speak French”~, she muttered to herself. ~“I think that would be a really good reason for someone to want to get back at him… do you remember what happened to her?”~, Colette asked, trying to see if there could be a lead there. She planned on doing that with other names as well, but those two might have something to do with the current predicament, if there was any chance of this Amy girl being in France.<br/><br/><div style="text-align: center;">******************************************</div><br/>Marie couldn’t stop smiling at Shane. He was such a sweet boy, and needed someone to care for him, being so far away from home. “It seems like you have been raised well”, she commented when Shane told her what his father had said. Poor boy, she thought to herself again. It was so unfair that he was hurting. <br/><br/>When Shane laughed, Marie joined him. He deserved a fun night, and she would start taking care of him later. For now, she should just bring him some joy. <br/><br/>“It surely will, dear”, she replied to his comment on learning that a woman was always right saving him headaches down the road. “For now, though, let us enjoy dinner, shall we?”, she added in a kind and cheerful intonation. “I want to cheer you up, son, not get you even more down”, the woman completed. “Like the old timers said, this too shall pass, after all”.</div>