Jordan studied the foyer; they were now standing in, missing nothing and feeling Andy watching her as she looked about the room with interest and awe. The floor was a light gray marble with what looked like a formal sitting room off to the left. A giant chandelier hung high above her in the center of a round skylight. The sun hit the tiny crystals sending rainbows of filtered light to dance across the floor and walls. To her right was the massive winding staircase she had just descended and in the bottom far reaches of the staircase was a coat closet. Next to the closet sat a greeting table made of ebony with a marble top on which sat an open book and a quill pin. This was obviously where guest signed in at various functions held in this magnificent house. Andy watched as Jordan took in the beautiful foyer noting her every expression from mild interest to dazzled. The light from the skylight and from the glass in the large double doors she was standing in front of made her features come alive. Her eyes looked like finely cut sapphires, her hair like spun gold, and her skin glowed like molten liquid. She was even more alluring in this natural light than she had been upstairs. Andy watched as the smooth even lines of her face and the red fullness of her lips curved into a small smile of appreciation and then slowly looked strained with tears behind her lashes. At that moment Jordan realized that Andy was studying her and she carefully put an impassive expression on her face. "Thank-you for all of your hospitality Mr. Nichols, but I think it's time for me to go." Andy motioned a hand up the arched steps to the large white doors, and opened one for her to walk through. He was about to make another attempt to offer a ride or walk with her when a woman's voice from somewhere behind them came calling for him in an exasperated tone. He turned to walk back down the stairs to reply to what was obviously a hired hand. Taking this as an opportunity for escape Jordan quickly pulled the door to and rushed down the stairs on the front stoop trying to get as far away as possible. She was not sure what had caused her to react to him the way she had but she knew that she didn't want this in her life right now.