"Hi Lee!" Abigail called as she walked in to Lee's office.

"Abigail…Hi." Lee responded as he looked up from his papers. He got up from his seat to receive Abigail. Abigail smiled at him as he motioned her to sit on the chair on the opposite side of his table.

"Thanks." Abigail said and watched Lee walk back to his chair.

"What can I do for you today?" Lee asked Abigail.

"I came to ask about Henry." Abigail said, worry written all over her face.

"What about Henry? You look worried." Lee said as he sat up on his chair.

"I have not seen him for the past two days. Do you know where he is?" Abigail asked, putting both her hands on Lee's table.

"He informed me that he would go out of town yesterday and return tomorrow." Lee said.

"I see." She said, deep in thought.

"Everything OK Abigail?" Lee asked, watching her closely."

Yes, everything OK. I was just worried as I had not seen him for a couple of days." Abigail said. "Anyway, I will be off now. Cody should be coming home from school any time." She finished and got up to leave. Lee nodded respectfully. Just as Abigail walked out, Rosemary came in to Lee's office.

"Hi Lee." Rosemary called.

"Hi sweetheart." Lee responded as Rosemary planted a kiss on his cheek.

"I brought you the stationery from the mercantile." Rosemary said and handed over a paper bag to Lee.

"Thank you…" Lee said as he set down the same on his desk.

"Is everything alright?" Rosemary asked. Lee seemed to be in deep thought.

"I would like to bounce something off you." Lee said.

"Oh sure!" Rosemary clasped her hands excitedly and Lee smiled at that.

"I have been noticing something about Abigail." Lee said.

"You have to give me more Lee." Rosemary said flatly.

"I have been noting that she seems to be looking out for Henry a lot." Lee said as he sat down, Rosemary watching him do so.

"Henry Gowen?" Rosemary exclaimed and Lee nodded. "Why do you think so?" she asked.

"Well, Bill was telling me that Abigail had invited Henry over for a dinner and that has been going on for some time. In fact, I saw Abigail yesterday speaking to a few of my men, asking them about Henry. She also came in today, saying she had not been seeing him in the past couple of days and she looked concerned." Lee expounded. Rosemary looked with knitted eyebrows as she pursed her lips in thought.

"You think Henry is in trouble?" Rosemary asked.

"I don't know, although it does not seem like it." Lee debated.

She sat in quiet thought for a bit until a sudden thought hit her. She opened her eyes wide and looked at Lee in shock.

"You don't think…" She started.

"I wouldn't conclude anything right now Rosemary!" he exclaimed warningly.

"Oh but it could be!" She said and raised her hands up dramatically as she got up from her chair.

"Ok Rosie, darling, let's not get ahead of ourselves here. It could be a lot of things." Lee said calmly.

"Oh that would be so wonderful!" Rosemary exclaimed in a high pitch voice.

"Alright, calm down Rosie. Remember, that is just an assumption. And it seems highly unlikely." Lee shrugged and reasoned.

"But if it is true, it would be the most romantic thing ever!" Rosemary shrieked in delight. "I need to talk to Abigail…" she said excitedly as she started walking out.

"Rosemary!" Lee said as he leaped forward to hold Rosemary by her waist. "Let's not get excited here. Let this be. If it is true, we will know in time." He reasoned.

"But what if they both don't know? Rosemary Leveux Coulter can never be wrong about such things!" she said as she tilted her head from side to side in pride.

"I just feel that you should run this idea by someone else who is close to Abigail before you approach her." Lee said.

"Plausible…" Rosemary said as she whiffed off. "Thank you for the idea, love." She finished off.

"What idea? I didn't give you any!" Lee said dreading, as he groaned inside. He knew his wife would bring trouble. Abigail and Henry are both very strong personalities. If neither of them feel the same way about each other as Rosemary thinks, there will be tension in the air and Lee wanted to avoid that at all costs.

AT ELIZABETH'S HOUSE

"OK sweet little boy, mummy is going to put you to sleep now and you will be a good boy and sleep soundly." Elizabeth whispered. Just as she put little Jack in the cot, she heard a gentle knock on the door. She tiptoed to the door and gently opened it.

"Hi…" Rosemary whispered excitedly.

"Shhh…" Elizabeth said as she put a finger on her lips and slowly stepped outside and gently returned the door behind her. "Sorry, just put Jack to sleep." She said a little louder.

"Oh I totally understand. I needed to talk to you. Do you have a minute?" Rosemary asked excitedly.

"Even if I didn't, I would have removed for you one noting how excited you are!" Elizabeth said. "Whats happening?" Elizabeth asked. Rosemary pulled her to the bench on the porch. "What's going on?" Elizabeth asked again as Rosemary sat next to her on the bench.

"I think Abigail likes Henry." Rosemary blurted out.

"What?!" Elizabeth exclaimed and turned to look at Rosemary in her eyes. "I think you are mistaken. I mean, I know that Abigail has given Henry another chance to be a better Hope Valley resident but your train of thought is a little too farfetched." Elizabeth concluded. "Oh my! What if Abigail heard what you are saying? She would be mighty upset! Don't you know that it was due to Henry's negligence that Noah and Paul died?"

"I know all about it, Elizabeth. But that has not stopped Abigail from caring about Henry." Rosemary reasoned.

"What do you mean?" Elizabeth asked. Rosemary drew in a big breath and explained her conversation with Lee.

Elizabeth sat there chewing her lip and thinking about it. To come to think of it, she had been seeing Abigail and Henry chat away on the street a number of times of late. She had also noticed that Abigail seemed to react in some way whenever Henry was mentioned in a conversation. She also reacted when Fiona asked what the deal was with Henry. Further, she had invited Henry to dinner a number of times and also baked muffins for him, as Abigail had informed her. She mentioned all that to Rosemary whose cheeks turned even rosier.

"Do you think it is possible that Abigail is drawn towards Henry despite their past?" Elizabeth asked Rosemary, skeptically.

"Why not? People have been known to give up their lives for love." Rosemary said dramatically as she looked up at the sky. Elizabeth shook her head and chuckled at that.

"You know what I mean, on a serious note." She explained and Rosemary looked at her softly.

"That did not stop Abigail from testifying for Henry. Is she not the reason Henry is back to Hope Valley?" Rosemary reasoned.

"I understand, however, Abigail could have done all that because she is a good person at heart and not necessarily because she loves him…" Elizabeth replied.

"If it was about Henry's actions, she would not have helped Henry at all, not in any way. The fact that she encourages him to be a good person and bakes muffins and cooks for him is an indication enough that she has no inhibitions when it comes to him. She also does not seem to care what people would make of her actions. Just shows how much she trusts the man!" Rosemary insisted.

"You could be right, but we need to speak to Abigail about this. It will not be right for us to make assumptions." Elizabeth said.

"Right! You are absolutely right. We need to ask Abigail in not so many words how she feels about him." Rosemary thought out loud. "Wait, do you think Abigail and Henry together is a good idea?"

"It is a good idea if there is love, after all, that is where magic happens." Elizabeth said poetically, but unintentionally.

"What a beautiful train of thought Elizabeth. Magic happens where there is love." Rosemary said proudly, her heart bursting with joy for her friend. She does deserve someone who makes her happy, even if that happiness is in the arms of Henry. "So can we talk to Abigail tomorrow?"

Elizabeth nodded at that.

"See you then!" Rosemary waved at Elizabeth as she started to walk away.

"Bye Rosemary…" Elizabeth responded and breathed in deep. She watched Rosemary almost skip home.

That night, Rosemary went to bed hopeful, a little more than usual.