French, 40-something, a lot of moving around, once again abroad... desperate tv-show addict (Good Omens, Dracula 2020, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy, Stargate-SG1 forever, and so on), I hope I could talk about everything and nothing (but mostly nothing).
"Play your card, Penelope."
Her mouth dropped open at the words, at the way he gave her power over the moment, and she realized that it was the first time in her entire life that a man had actually given her the opportunity to make a choice for herself.