#as promised...it's time

"You look lovely as usual." Really, she did. Parties suited her, he liked to see her smiling. After their greetings, however, Joshua falls silent as he turns his attention back to the various arrangements of flowers in front of them. Jill's worried, of course, her hand moving to his shoulder in an attempt to press him into telling her what was wrong. And finally, after a long moment, and some hesitation he finally responds, "There's…something I wanted to talk to you about."