12 Lithe ~
I went to meet Gorlen. at the Pony, I was bringing him some mushroom pie that I'd made today working at the oven by the South Gate. He was there, looking dashing as ever but before we could leave to go on a picnic, a surprise I'd planned all day, he was called away for business. Rather disappointed but what can I do? I sat in the park alone but that was rather pathetic so I went to leave when I ran into Bill, from last night. He was in a less surly mood and was not as rude, actually he was rather pleasant and even seemed pleased to see me. I did not want the pie to go to waste so we shared it and he said it was as good as his Milly's. She's been gone awhile, poor thing. Everyone knows about what happened to her but no one really knows who did it. Well, Bill seemed to enjoy it...quite a bit. He rather loosened up around me and was even flirty. It was a bit strange as he is always so dark humored. I think I might have made a mistake teasing him though. I mean, he's seems like a good guy, despite all the bad things said about him, I don't think he killed his wife, that's just silly but I do like Gorlen. Bill tried to kiss me but I had to push him off and let him down, I hope gently enough for I would hate to crush a widower's heart but I wanted him to know that I was already interested in someone else. I don't know...perhaps I should have been a bit more firm. If people knew how soft hearted I actually was... We'll see how it goes. I hope to run into Gorlen again, perhaps for longer than five minutes.
