Aimé flinched as Antoine said the man's name. It sounded like a curse when it came from him.
When Mercedes had spoken about coming to see him, even if it was just to catch a chance fleeting vision of him it had sounded like a romantic dream but now listening to Antoine it all sounded like the foolish ill-thought-out plot it had been.
"He missed me." Aimé said after a moment, aware that Antoine must know now he had been unable to keep him promise not to see Mercedes.