" The panic was sudden and complete.
One minute Stuart was calmly discussing the proposed Customs and Inland Revenue Act with the Chancellor Exchequer, the next minute every last bit of his logic and rationality had deserted him.

What if she’d met Michael and left already? What if she did not want to be found? The false sense of security that came from knowing where she was evaporated in a second. "

― Sherry Thomas , Delicious (The Marsdens, #1)