Although she occasionally calls her adoptive mother, there's not much to say, just a few hurried words before hanging up.
Four years ago, Mark Reed accompanied Valentine Teller here once, and he has visited three times since. He is quite familiar with Xane County.
As the car enters the county town, there's a comforting sense of revisiting old haunts.
When she's not around, he visits the school she attended, the roads she walked on, recalling the little moments shared with her.
He also visited her adoptive mother, taking away a few of her childhood photos, that's all.
He won't tell her, he waits for her to discover it herself, just like discovering his feelings.
Some things are not meant to be spoken, but felt with the heart.
"You're more familiar with Xane County than I am. Where shall we eat?"
