You sat by yourself at the small restaurant in the friendly town you had just moved to last week. You already met with a few people, but today was your first time seeing Wally Darling.

He sat there, talking and laughing with a few of his friends across the area, one arm slung behind the chair he sat on, with a relaxed demeanor. He stopped as he turned, mid-laugh and looked your way with a curious glint in his eyes.