Thanks!"Just then, in walked her colleague. Another girl, only even prettier than the first. "Nothing," she said."This nice man is just making us a cu...ppa," said the first, to which her colleague replied "Mine's black, no sugar!" Looks as though they might have broken in to use the bathroom!" I said, with a smile."Lovely!" said the second officer. "I'm Kate, by the way, and this is Lucy." Nice to meet you, officers!" I replied. "Call us by our names, please," said Kate. "All our cut guys do!". " We did with Mark wheeling his aunt.Tom was there on his side in the bed. He was still under some part of the anesthesia or pain medications. April rolled Jeanette's chair close to him so he could see them. He slowly smiled weakly. "Hello, Mom. Ape, I'm glad you're here." She was at the head of his bed and leaned over and kissed his forehead."Oh, Tom. I was so scared and am so sorry." She caressed his cheek.Jeanette said, "Except for Nancy, we're all that's left. Mona killed your father before. I was so happy to see him, so pleased that all my worries had been for nothing that I couldn’t think of a single thing to say. Leaning into his embrace, I responded to his kiss with a hunger that surprised us both. I had been wanting to see him, to feel his hands on me, his lips on mine since he left in the afternoon and I let it show. My earlier distrust of him had been unjustified and that shamed me, I did not want him to know just how unsure I had been. My hands were stroking his back and. I guess my monitors gave me away because the nurse came in and shot me full of something that put me under so deep the nightmares couldn't reach me.In the morning, Dr. Cummings cut the cast off my arm and I spent damn near an hour in the shower scrubbing my skin and hair until I couldn't smell anything other than soap. The only thing that still hurt was my neck, so I took care washing it. By the end of the shower, I was weak and shaking, but I managed it on my own.As I dried my hair, I was a.