He merely reached down to pet her as he told her what a pretty kitten she was. She flashed him a smile before crawling down the aisle to find a seat.S...onia and my boarding were much less entertaining as we simply got on board and went back to take our seats. I found my kitten in the first seating area, with her head in Dale’s lap as he softly stroked her hair. “I hope you don’t mind, but she seemed to want some attention, and Master told us to treat her just as we would his other pets.”“Not at. ” Themida said.“Do you, maybe, want to come over again?” I asked tentatively.“Of course! I thought you’d never ask”, said Themida, “I know he’s your husband so I didn’t want to ask, but I could really do with a cute guy like him.”We arranged for Themida to come over to dinner again but I didn’t warn my husband. We thought we could keep that part as a surprise. Themida came over before he got home and we hatched a plan. I would say to him that a Muslim friend of mine has come over for dinner and. ”“Oh my god!”“This is her stone. She was only nineteen when she was taken from us six years ago. We all come out here on occasion to rake the stones and find our peace.” They stood in silence for a minute. I could see Melanie had tears on her cheeks. We didn’t make a big thing about our history any longer. There were seldom ever pilgrims now. It was just our memorial area like it was intended. Gamma House still brought each year’s pledge class out to the River as part of their friendship tour.. Back, all would return to normal,Luke wasn't too concerned with the break-up at this point. He was moreof a second-grader than an adult now. He had bigger concerns, like howwas he going to return to normal. He instinctively put his thumb in hismouth. He was so distraught that he didn't care who saw him. Thesucking made him feel better but didn't solve his problem. Some of theother students gossiped about Luke sucking his thumb. But noneconfronted him about it. Luke was still a strong.