Stephen smiled awkwardly and reached out to stroke his thumb over the back of Daphne's hand. It felt strange. Truthfully he couldn't remember the last time he had purposely touched Daphne at all. He'd been so pre-ocupied with everything that he'd scarely remembered he even had a wife.
Daphne was too good for him. He felt another pang of guilt. "You... got my gift," He pointed out, glancing at the necklace clasped around her throat, "I sent it up to the school a couple of days ago I.. I lost track of time."