About an hour after Gustavus and Quintus recruited Charles for their movement against the Reveal, Tom Hearld pulled into the driveway of the Stevens household. As he got out of his car, he looked at his phone to check the time.
"6:30..." Tom said to himself. "Huh..made it back earlier than I thought I would." The Werefox proceeded to walk around to the back of his car and open the trunk to get his suitcase out. Once he got his things out of his car, Tom closed the trunk and locked his car. As he walked up the driveway, he heard the front door of the Stevens' house open. Looking up, he saw his fiance, Alice, dressed semi-formal. When she saw Tom walking up the driveway, a smile appeared on her face as she moved to greet him.
"Welcome back Tom," Alice said, giving the man a loving kiss. "I'm glad you made it back in time."
Tom graciously accepted his fiance's kiss. "In time for what?' he asked.
"The Town Council meeting tonight," Alice said. "It starts at 7:00 tonight. I was afraid you were going to miss it, so I was planning on going by myself and filling you in on what you missed when you got home. I was getting ready to go to the Town Hall right now."
"That's right, that was tonight, wasn't it?" Tom said. "God, I completely forgot about it. I was so preoccupied with work that it never really crossed my mind."
"That's alright love," Alice said. "You can stay home and rest while I go to the meeting."
"No, it's fine Alice," Tom said. "I'll go with you. I'm already dressed semi-formally, so I'll just put my suitcase inside and bring it upstairs when we get back. I'll unpack later tonight."
"Oh, I don't think you'll have time to unpack tonight," Alice said mischievously. "After all, we're spending some alone time together, remember?"
It took a second for Tom to catch on to what she was saying, but when he did, he smiled and let out a chuckle.
"What am I going to do with you, my beautiful vixen?" Tom said, giving Alice a passionate kiss before stepping away to put his bag inside. After his suitcase was inside, Tom locked the front door and returned to his lover.
"Shall we?" he said, offering his hand to Alice. The young woman graciously accepted her fiance's outstretched hand, and the two of them began their walk down to the Town Hall.