In fact Orla looked more the worse for wear than she did.“Emily I know it’s only your second day but would you mind if I left you on your own for a while.”“What happened to you?” Emily asked amused.“My mom and my aunt, believe it or not. My aunt, at fifty-six, is having boyfriend problems and ever since I inherited their mother’s house instead of them, mind you they both already have wonderful houses of their own, they think they can drop in on me whenever they want. We were up ‘til two in the morning drinking wine.”“Oh,” Emily said with understanding. “Of course I don’t mind. I’d tell you to go home if I was a little more comfortable with the place.”“No. No. I couldn’t do that to you. I’ll just try to make myself as comfortable as possible sleeping on my desk.”Emily gave her a pitying look as she disappeared into the back room. Emily had been hoping to tell Orla about her weekend and seeing Collin’s first start at making furniture again, but she didn’t think it would be appreciated so much at the moment.
