Fish and Chipped Away

Simon chuckled, and rubbed her neck under her hair. “I think Colin grew up in a house run by a strong woman raising strong women. He’s terrified of disappointing any woman. Now connect that to the way Penelope looks at him when he’s freshly back from his work trips. He’s trying to be a level of sure that might not exist outside a wedding,” he said. “Though he might have skipped to the wedding. Is she wearing the incredibly expensive necklace that normally doesn’t leave the bank?”

Daphne gasped and zoomed in on the image. “He always says he wants her to have the best of everything,” she said. “He used to hate her building until he ended up living there for a month, and now he has Anthony plotting to buy it for renovations.”