"So," she said quietly.

"Do you remember the conversation that we had earlier? About Julian and his family?"

"Yes," he responded, turning his head to look at her as he spoke.

"Is there something wrong?"

Catherine shook her head. "No, nothing like that," she replied, shaking her head.

"In fact, it sounds like everything's going to be fine for the most part. He'll probably need a bit of time to adjust to all this, but after everything has settled down, everything seems to be going to plan. Well, almost everything anyway," she added.

He gave her a questioning look, unsure of how to respond to that. Eventually, he decided to...