Deirdre nodded with a pained expression. "Okay, we'll leave tomorrow."

She made a call to Tobey to make arrangements while Brendan took care of his work.

In the evening, he embraced Deirdre as they drifted off to sleep.

"Can you sleep without the incense?" asked Deirdre.

"I'm trying. It has consumed too much of me. I don't know why I got entangled with something as poisonous as that. I want to quit," Brendan replied as he closed his eyes.

Naturally, memories associated with the incense we