“I still don’t like it.”
“Come on, Henri. There’s nothing to be jealous of. Unless you think I’m the kind of girl who’d be in a threesome.”
“Hmmm,” Henri pretended to think. “No. The girls I’ve had threesome’s with were nothing like you.”
“Henri! You’ve actually—”
“I am teasing you
. You are so easy to tease. I cannot resist. You believe anything.”
Anne chuckled for a moment before sobering at the thought of Henri’s niece. “Do you know any more about Anna-Laure? Did she have more tests done?”
“She had a bone scan today. And they’ve scheduled an MRI tomorrow.”
“So when will you know something?”
“Probably not until Friday.”
“We’ll be here until Saturday, I think.” She realized she hadn’t asked Gherring if they would return earlier since the presentation was a day early. Gherring might have scheduled a Friday return. Certainly Jared would be anxious to get home to his wife and baby Emery. “Anyway, you can call me as soon as you know something.”
Back inside, Anne discovered Jared hadn’t yet returned, so she got on FaceTime and managed to connect with Charlie.
“Just look at this room.” She circled the room while aiming the camera outward. “Isn’t it amazing? And that’s the Alps over there. You can see them past the river.”
“Wow, Mom. It’s beautiful. Have you gotten to tour or shop or see anything?”
“No, but hopefully I’ll get to see something on Friday before we leave. We have the big meeting tomorrow, so I’m guessing that’s an all-day thing.”
Gherring walked up behind her. “We don’t need to leave early. I love Switzerland, even in November. We can wait until Saturday to leave.”
“Awesome,” said Anne. “I guess I’ll see Bern on Friday.”
“Did you finally get a stamp in your passport?” asked Charlie.
“I did, but we had to ask them to do it. I didn’t know they don’t automatically stamp your passport when you fly on a private plane.”
“So, now that’s off your bucket list. What’s next?”
“I don’t know. I also got to fly on a private jet, and that wasn’t even on the list. Hmmm, maybe seeing my girls married and having grandkids.”
“Oh no—you don’t get to put us on your bucket list. That’s strictly for things you can do.”
“I guess that means you don’t want to go hang gliding with me, then.”
“Heck, yeah. I’m going with you.”
“Either you’re in the bucket with me or you’re not.”
“Fine, I’ll promise to get married and have kids one day in the far, far future, if you’ll take me with you when you go hang gliding.”
“Deal.”
Gherring spoke from across the room. “Emily doesn’t want in on this?”
“Not hang gliding. Not Em,” said Charlie.
Anne said, “Unless maybe I bribed her with a first edition of Little Women or Pride and Prejudice.”