“No, this sort of overrides the honeymoon thing.” Pause. “Yes, he’s here with me.” Pause. She passed me her phone.“Hello, Bridgette,” I ...said.“Stoney, are you okay?” her voice had a quiver to it.“Yes, we’re both fine, really.”“You protected my daughter again, Stoney. You don’t have to keep doing that to show me you love her, you know.”“I’ll keep protecting her as long as I have a breath in my body, Bridgette.”“As her mother, I thank you, Stoney.” She paused. “Anders wishes to speak with. “Yes! I want to make my drones more useful in critical situations. I need fixtures made for that to happen,” I replied.“Cory lives in the East Woods development on Woods Road just outside of C-ville; no wife or kids but has a high maintenance girlfriend. He stops in the airport restaurant for breakfast and coffee 6:45 on the dot every morning,” Kevin said.“I will call him to set things up and you can show him what you need in the morning,” Kevin replied.“If you would join in the conversation,. I began to IM her outside of the main email system so we could talk privately, or as privately as one can in a work environment. I found out she had the same sarcastic sense of humor that I do so we began to share jokes, memes and blasting other co-workers behind their backs. All of this was drawing us closer and closer, subtly at first and then more noticeably. Her looks at me were longer and smokier instead of just fleeting glances. Unlike the six years before, she now never left the. I told her I liked her as a teacher but if I could I thought I probably would enjoy the other section. She said she certainly didn't mind although she did enjoy having a student like me. She arranged that on Monday I would go to Ms Green's class instead. It met at the same time so there was no scheduling problem.Monday when I walked into the class I nearly froze just inside the door. There at one of the tables sat the boy from the park. I probably only stood still for a few seconds even though.