CALM DOWN TIGER!
Ruth cleared her throat to get Edwin's eyes back on her face. He gulped down but had no shame on his face. Ruth covered her chest with a half-length of the towel and resumed drying her hair.
"Where did you learn that melody?" Edwin asked after a brief pause.
Ruth took a shaky breath. "From someone, I know." She answered cryptically.
How was she going to explain that she heard that melody in her nightmares and her visit to the past with the help of a white feather?
Gerald used to hum or play that tune on his mouth organ for Theodora.
Edwin sensed that Ruth did not want to talk more about it, so he let it side.
"You do not like this place?" Ruth asked then.
Edwin would not have cared to answer that question because it was something very personal to him. He contemplated ignoring it, but then he got to know many personal things about Ruth. If he wanted her to accept him, then he had to give up on his seclusion.