? She wasalways a little vague about him.? I meanshe told us his name and why she was there, but I got the feeling there was alot more than what she s...aid.? ?Somedeep, dark secret?? I wondered out loud. ?Ihope so!? I do love secrets!? And that was another thing they showed us,which is why if Brie has a secret it must be a doozie.? ?Whatdo you mean?? Isuppose I?d better give you a quick overview of the treatment program.? But I think you?re making me too worked upwith that evil hand of yours.?. My knees felt weak as I rushed over to my family. Cade’s arm wrapped tightly around my waist as I flung my own arms around him and my daughter. I was openly sobbing, as was my daughter. I kept hearing her constantly repeating his name. ‘Daddy? Daddy… Daddy?’ she said. It was like she couldn’t believe he was really here, in her arms. I couldn’t believe it either to be honest. I pulled my face away from his now soaked fatigues to look up into his handsome face. He was still every bit as gorgeous. “Do you really expect me to just give up and let you kill me? How stupid are you?”“I'm smart enough to know you cannot win. This is hopeless. You will tire yourself out and then I will kill you.”“Unless you get tired first,” I growled and dodged her next attack. I took a swing at her whip with my blade as it streaked by. Maybe I could cut it and reduce her reach or disable her weapon completely. My blade sliced down and struck the whip dead center. My sword didn't cut the flaming weapon in. The soft cotton of his own bathrobe was only barrier between their genitals.“Frida,” he whispered.“Mark,” she whispered back, and then she stared at him, pleading for him to lock eyes with her.There were no words, just infinitely complex constructions of emotions from both their minds, meeting and entwining and building something faster than either could comprehend. They saw the entirety of each other’s lives, the intimate understanding of each other’s childhoods, the hopes, the fears, the.