Great friend

Days passed, then weeks, and then months, and finally, with a lot of human warmth from her family and friends, Ariadne finally found her joy in life. And of course, the person who helped her the most to cope and overcome her disappointment was Astieme, the person whose clarity and sincerity she appreciated so much and whom she even began to fall in love with.

As when her parents finally had to fly back to Canada, Astieme insisted that she stay, until her father returned from his long honeymoon with Miranda, and until he himself had finalized a rather arduous project, proposing as an alternative to her own work, since the article on the Zeujor family had already been sent to her editor, to write another on the work that Astieme was finishing. 

- Can I do that?

- Yes, you can. I'm the chief architect, by the way. I do what I want.

- I see. Ariadne replied mischievously. You're so conceited!