“You will have to trust me.”“Yeah, right,” Jake snorted, while still sitting on the bed with his arms wrapped around his knees. “You took me... away from my brother …”Klaus raised one finger to stop him. “I believe the correct way of describing the situation is that your brother gave you away. How do you feel about that, by the way? He has not come to bring your stuff, either, although he promised.”“He will,” Jake said with a small huff. Yes, it was annoying that Diaz hadn’t bothered to come. Can they feel me? I was already starting to be overwhelmed with emotion. These motes that had invaded my head, they were my babies! I was flooded with love, tears were in my eyes. My arms tightened a bit around Dee Dee’s waist. I didn’t want to hurt her. I didn’t want to hurt them. I wanted to hold all three of them to my heart forever. I felt their response! They knew what it was to be loved. They were content. And slowly I felt them leave me. They were going back to sleep happy. Deirdre was. Now that I had seen and touched his penis, I was determined to do it again as soon as possible. I went to visit the next month for a weekend and made plans to see more of it. I knew that grandpa slept nude at night. I always slept in another bedroom. This weekend I brought a night light that strapped on my head for night reading. The first night, after grandpa went to bed and I heard him snoring, I crept into his room. He was sleeping under the sheet on his back. It was dark but I had my head. Her fleeting glimpse of the possibility of freedom had shattered that defense as easily as a wall of fog. Every recollection- from the way his hair moved, to the way he moved- seemed to push her over the edge.Renee wanted to forget him. She wanted him to be here and tell her, 'everything will be all right.' And she'd believe him, even as he lied, because she loved him.Sawyer- if his 'contact' had the right program- would force her to reveal it all. And if they knew everything, she would never.
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