I thought I was the only one still here.” She turns to greet the man that has broken her aroused trance. “I was just making sure the collection is... all ready for the opening tomorrow. You’re Aedan, the photographer, right?” She shakes his hand, and is aware of how sweaty her palms have become. She can’t be sure, but she thinks he notices it too, as something flashes momentarily in his eyes. She didn’t need to ask the question really, she had seen his headshot countless times in various. ” ‘Demand, more likely,’ James interjected. Caroline gave him a look that wiped the smile off of his face. ‘‘He delights in playing with Michael and is filled with regret that he chased you – and most especially your children – across the sea. He took more delight in Michael’s Christmas presents than Michael did, who, after all, is not yet even two years of age.’ Oh, I wish you had been here then, James. It was truly delightful.’ ‘Father has always enjoyed Christmas,’ James said quietly. ‘Now. Garret cleared his throat, “would you give us the list of ingredients and the process for the metal you made?”As I moved to another patient I thought about it. As I worked at setting a broken wrist I shook my head, “I do not think so.”I glanced at him, “perhaps we could work something else out.”Garret countered, “you already made it in front of me. I could just make it without your consent.”I had been listening and heard the change in his voice. More, I remembered that Garret had not been. With lunch finished they get up and start in on Joan’s closet. Richard packs up the clothes on the shelves, the shoes and other clothes on the floor, the pile of stuffed animals in the corner, and the miscellaneous small odds-and-ends around the room. Marc starts taking the pile of shoe boxes, boxes of books, and luggage to the spare room. Marc grabs a small case from the far corner of the top shelf that was hidden behind a bunch of shoe boxes and says ‘Hey! What’s this?’ Richard looks at it.