.. Kaoru (looking embarrassed): Ah ha ha... please forgive me for that. I was so pathetic. There's no excuse for doing that to you all. (The readers w...ere pretty harsh about that too... ) You're right. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried. But... You never know what the future holds, but whatever happens to me, whatever happens to Kenshin, there will never be another good-bye like that one. After the battle in Kyoto, it's the one thing I'm sure of... okay?(She goes back to combing Tsubame's. Taylor spun around a couple of times. Finally, she paused and walked tothe closest corner of the shop. The top shelf was only a couple inchesbelow her eye level. On it was a wedge heel with sandal straps on it. Theheel was pretty high, she guessed it was four or five inches in the backand at least one in the front.On the floor nearby was a mat with measurements printed on it. Taylorpulled her right shoe off and stepped onto the mat. The first numbervisible beyond her foot was 8. The shoe in her. I didn't say anything. What could I say? I had been ogling her, my best and dearest friend, like she was a Playboy model or something. I just raised her top and started applying the lotion as gently as I could, my hands softly spreading it down her back. She lifted up a little and pulled the top up as far as she could without removing it, allowing me better access to her upper back. There was silence now as I continued to work the lotion softly into her red skin. Several minutes had gone by. Let me give Rivens a final word. I’ll meet you at the door in a moment.”He turned towards where Jace Rivens and his sons, Channer and Goren, were assembling people at the back door. “Jace, we’re going to slip out the front door. As soon as we’re gone, start everyone moving to the west. If all goes well, you should be able to slip away while we take them on and they won’t even see you. I’ll hold them for as long as I can and Teran will cover you with her bow from the steeple. Burr’s luck be with.