"Hey, I'm gonna meet the guys at the park. Do you wanna come?" Um... now?" We'd just gotten home."In a few minutes... I could drop you off at Seth's o...n the way."I blinked, and noticed Luke studying me carefully after he made that offer."Luke... okay," I abruptly agreed, and he raised an eyebrow at me."Seriously?" Look, I don't know what I'm doing with Seth," I admitted. "But, I sorta like him. I think. I mean, I thought that I liked being around him because after Aaron he was just... well, a. I asked if there was any incentive he could offer her, and he said he had an idea. She had always wanted to go to Hawaii, and he told her he would take her if she would do this for him. At first repulsed by the suggestion, she later relented, and said she would consider it, if everything felt right at the time. There was hope for cautious optimism. I told him I would email him when I knew I was going to be staying in his city.Two months later I found I was going to be in town, and let him know.. .. it's all right." She hummed and looked at her fingernails some more. "Would it freak you out if you knew something ... intimate ... about your kid?" Is something bothering you?" Nothing's bothering me. It's just personal. And I would prefer you didn't tell mom." Brenda's voice was getting more slurred and indistinct. I imagined the wine was really starting to catch up with her."I won't tell. Go ahead." I'm definitely a sub." Good for you." A submissive," she added."I know what a 'sub'. What did get through caught my shoulder blade. Kept it from hitting anything vital. But I think the tip is in the bone. Get it out, Sil, quickly.” Silmaria swallowed and nodded. She couldn’t do much to get his pack off with the blade stuck in it, so she pulled it away from his back as well as she could and stuffed the wad of cloth between the pack and his shoulder, wrapping it around the blade as well as she could. “Ready?” Rael grabbed one of the pillows, bit down on it hard, and nodded..