A meeting I wasn’t invited to be a part of.There was no denying that the relationship between myself and the Council had grown to be tenuous in a ve...ry short period of time. While the differences weren’t irreconcilable, it would definitely require a lot of work from both of our sides.The upcoming war meant that my days would get a lot busier from now on. There was already talk of the number of patrols being increased and constant surveillance of some of the major sites of the world. The upcoming. It blocked the light, and soon the sudden shadow turned to a soft purple-like glow. His thoughts were groggy. And, as he turned back over to hold his wife, she had already slipped from the bed and padded across the room to switch off an alarm. Knowing they woke before it gave them both hope for a good day. Most days were good, but today was already shaping to be great. He watched her thighs rub against each other, as she came padding back to bed. It was a soft landing, and again she was back. We lay like that, silent and peaceful for some time before it was Veronica who eventually broke the silence. “Dave, honey. As much as I want to just think about you and me and this right now, I gotta ask you how you got into all of this. And although I’m the one benefitting from it, I gotta ask are you really okay with what Luther’s doing. How he’s setting Jill up with Malcolm and all the other shit?”Veronica’s big brown eyes were looking directly at me as she finished her question. I grimaced. ...... One day when I came home from a little bit of weight lifting at the YMCA, I found my mom waiting for me. “Nadine and Cindy’s uncle just died.” she said. “That’s terrible” I replied. “How are they taking it?” “They don’t know. They had never met that uncle anyway. But their parents are leaving for three days for the funeral. They asked me to watch her, but I’m going on the church retreat to the mountains this weekend. Can you watch them?”My head was spinning. I had the prospect of.