Surprisingly, however, Dylan had suggested they leavehis fingernails painted. He liked the look, he said, and he could pretendhe'd lost a bet with one... of his mates. If that was unexpected, so too wasthe change in his manner. He seemed to have stopped being the scaredlittle boy, or at least forgotten to be afraid. But there was also asense of realignment, the idea that he might really want to be someoneelse ...Left alone in the apartment, Katja grinned to herself. Her report wasgoing to be a lot. " Want me to walk you home?" I'd love that," Alicia answered. The widening of his smile made her tingle all over."I think I'll stay for a bit since you have someone to walk you home — if that's okay?"Alicia turned back to Kylie, knowing full well that the young woman was giving her space. "That's fine. Thank you for accompanying me to the city. I had a good chat as we walked. We will have to do it again soon." Perhaps tomorrow," Kylie responded with a knowing smile and a wave. She then returned. Karren hoped Kevin's wife was as pretty as her home. Kevin led Karren into the entry hall and called to his wife. "Nancy honey, I'm home, and I've brought a friend home to meet you.” Karren had just now realized she had not known Kevin's wife's name until this moment. Nancy, Nancy, Nancy, hmm, Karren kept repeating it over and over, she loved that name. It brought visions of seductive beauty to her mind; she hoped Nancy lived up to her expectations. Kevin called for her again, "Nancy. Paige stuck out her hand and said, "hi im Paige Powell. its a pleasure to meet you."lily hesitated for only a moment before shaking her hand and replying, "Lily Morgan, im s o sorry about that. usually im much more subtle in my clumsiness. im really honored to have you here. im not really sure what it is you are doing here though. all Alex said was you were coming and wanted to speak to about something."Paige felt instant fireworks when lily placed her hand in hers. she couldn't let go and.