Ileana followed Cole to the table, setting her drink and dessert down before sliding down into the chair. She adjusted her skirt a little, talking while Cole settled, “I never had all the sort of frills to a coffee actually. Not to popular with the backwoods country...”
She stopped herself to laugh a little. It stunned her slightly to be so self-conscious about hearing herself talk for a moment. “God, that makes me sound so strange, doesn’t it? It’s just…The circus didn’t pass through the most metropolitan areas. Do you know what I mean?"