"Mmmm-hmmmm. I feel so safe, Dan."No "Mr. Dan"?Her leg pushed between mine. "I'm just tryin' to get closer. I'm scared. And cold."Okay. I was scared t...oo, but it had nothing to do with the propensity of tornadoes to run through trailer parks. No, mine was more of "we, the jury, find the defendant guilty..."And there was another wiggle. And Cindy's face turned toward mine. A lightning flash illuminated her for a brief moment showing me those beautiful eyes and lips slightly parted. I don't know. Amar chokher samne. Sara thai te chul bhorti. Majhe tool ta ektu nortei chomke giye loktar thai ta chepe dhorlam. Lokta balance thik kore niye bollo thank you boudi. Edike dekhte pelam thole ta aro besi kore fule uthlo, bhablam shala boudir hater choya peye thatiye utheche. Kanu jatha riti pipe er lik thik korte laglo. Hathath holo ki kanu ektu balance haratei tulta nore uthlo ami tarahuro kore kanur pachepe dhortei amar mukhta or dhoner upor these gelo. O upor theke bollo sorry boudi ami. "Meredith frowned."Let's move on to my second clause," she stated. "I want a vesting clause. That means it voids after a certain amount of time."Brock had considered something similar. He had reasoned that their finances were already conjoined. He had very few investments that Meredith hadn't joined. About the only thing he owned apart from Meredith was the minor league baseball team – and he would be willing to sell her part of it if she asked. In fact, he wasn't sure he'd ever mentioned. All this passed in a fraction of a second and then Diane was asking, "So which final do you have tomorrow?" Advanced Fluid Dynamics," I groaned and then finally sat up. I rolled my neck around a few times trying to work out the muscle kinks that inevitably build up when you're hunched over a desk for hours on end."Ooh, that looks painful. Come over here," Diane ordered, waving me towards her."Huh?" C'mere," she gestured again.I stood and walked the three steps to my bed, where Diane turned me.
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