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Adriella was half tuned into and half unaware of the conversation the two were having. Something about a masquerade caught her attention, but when the topic quickly dropped she grew uncaring once more. A masquerade seemed fairly exciting, though she was sure it was something for Chris' father's work and not for Chris' job at all. Did they say Ogre? Her eyebrows knit as she attempted to come up with an equivalent for who they were talking about. Still the father? Or was it the mother? Confused and lost, she tuned herself back into their words, trying to grasp more of what they were talking about.

"I'll have to do that. Say, would you care to join my parents and I for dinner tonight? I've got big news. About Jimmy," Wendy was saying.

Dinner? At first the woman's words made Adriella a little more suspicious as to the two's relationship, but the mention of someone named Jimmy simmered down her suspicion. Ah, so there was another man in the mix. And by Chris' response, it was clear this Jimmy character was someone Wendy had yet to introduce to her friend. She blinked at Wendy's words, surprised that the woman was talking directly to her. She watched the plump woman leave, a little grin in her amber eyes. Maybe, just maybe, she was growing to like this woman.

Her attention turned to Chris when a silence lapsed over him. Their eyes met and, unsurprisingly, a frustrated mask painted itself across his face. "What's with that look?" she asked accusingly. "Did I do something wrong? Or are you upset that you don't know who Jimmy is?"