”“Sorry miss,” said Paul. “If he’s outside then that’s his problem. He’ll have to go another time.” He turned and looked at the rest o...f us and his voice somehow became amplified again.“Can all concubines go and stand with their sponsor please.”I saw Mr Lewison approach a slightly panicky Amber and say something to her. Again I didn’t hear what he said, but I later found out that he’d told her he would look after her father and try to make sure he got what he deserved. Amber relaxed after that. My next instinct was to pick up the young bird and move it to a safer location, especially to somewhere where it would be less likely to hurt itself. It was with great pity that I watched the small sparrow hop along the wall beneath my window, practically throwing itself into the immovable object while gaining at most a half-centimeter of altitude as it instinctively attempted to fly. But flight was clearly not possible, not yet, and my brain stopped me from acting upon my instinct, reasoning. Cindy, I wish you could stay here with me too. I care about you more than you can imagine and I hope from now on we can spend a lot of time together." As I finished saying that Cindy dropped the fork that she was holding onto her plate, breakfast forgotten, jumped out of her chair, came flying around the table and launched herself into my arms. Her body was pressed tightly into mine and I could feel Cindy's tears flowing onto my neck. Normally, I would have tried to say something to lighten the. As I walk into the office, Julie, the DA’s secretary said to me, “Mark, she wants to see you, asap.” “Ok, I’ll put my briefcase away and go in….thanks.”I went to my office and put my briefcase on my desk then proceeded to the DA’s office. I guess I forgot to tell you that the District Attorney here is a woman, and I might say, a very intelligent, shrewd and beautiful woman. She and I have been seeing each other, on the sly, for over 6 years. She is married and has two kids. We got to know.