She looked away from the raven, his cool stare unsettled her. "Fonsus is from there, and his family invited me... Richard was invited too." She added quickly, she didn't want White to think that Addie and herself were an item of some sort, she wouldn't be the only one 'meeting the parents'.

"We just thought it would be fun to spend the holiday together. Richard and I have never been to Canada before." Though, Richard had never said that he hadn't been to Canada. River realized that Richard seldom talked about his past, his old school or his old friends. She was never one to pry. She wondered if he missed them like she missed her friends in Chile.