"Buffy?" Sparrow could not keep the surprise out of his voice when he opened the door, even though that knock had told him more than speaking could have who it was. She'd always knocked like that, after all. "Hallo, lass---is everything alright?"

He wondered, then, about what she'd shared with him at the festival: that one day she might leave his brother. He'd thought it would be far in the future, though, if it happened. Then there was the fear---had she found out about their crime together?