Chapter 17: Azia Versus Hanna

The investigation panel had been underway for a week before it was Hanna's turn to be questioned. Zeke watched her walk to the designated chair in the center of the room with mixed emotions. He had been studiously avoiding her since their uncomfortable interlude in the hallway--a feat that was rather easy to do, thanks to the investigation itself. But he couldn't help but feel a little guilty as well. Zeke had no regrets about turning her down that evening, but he should have taken it upon himself to seek her out the next day, to explain his situation. He was no longer a free man.

Even if his future wife was doing everything in her power to ignore him, he was no longer a free man. Zeke opened his notebook to a fresh page and sighed. Why was everything such a challenge?