My cheek muscles twitched as I tried to suppress a smile."Why do you think I'm sitting on my jacket? The bastard stuck it in my arse so many hard I ca...n barely sit down!" She burst out laughing. "Yeah ... well at least it gives these eavesdroppers something interesting to listen to."There was a visible snap as the people around us jerked back. The babble of conversation around us, which had been muted during Rachael's story, resumed.She was like that, our Rachael."One stock character commonly. ?Saffrella, are you all safe?? he asked.?Yes, Commander Ash is here with the Second Legion. What is going on? TheEmergency Broadcast just announced that all movement of citizens has beenrestricted,? his first wife informed him.?You weren?t watching the news???No, we were giving the littlest Correll a bath,? she admitted.?Nefra passed away from a massive stroke before reaching Aviara. AstridCrowned Keeli as the new Queen live on IGN,? he informed. Doc Vanessa sat on my step-mother’s side. They looked on with patience and wariness. Olivia saw the tears in the corners of my eyes. It was like a lightswitch.“Dad, I really need to introduce you to Garth.” I said with a shaky smile. He caught on as his wife done. I was hugging the shit out of him back. He was laughing and jumping. I slapped him on the back and held him tightly. I was terrified. I lifted myself back onto my heels and looked him in the face.“Cigars?” I asked.“They’re right. Maybe her family had been right…she couldn’t take care of herself in the big, bad city. No…she could do it. She HAD to. Steeling her nerves, she stretched out once more in bed, the covers pulled up to her neck, with her back to the corner where the transfer unit was. It wasn’t so much the popping sound that announced his presence, as much as the strange feeling that came over her. She could literally feel him walking into the room as if someone had just turned on a heat lamp. Frowning to.