“You’re one of ours, Amanda. My husband told you. Fiona told you. I tell you now. You are safe here. Now and ever.”It was obvious she was offeri...ng more than temporary shelter. Did they mean they’d treat me like a daughter, or something? What if Fiona and I--gods forbid--broke up? My eyes teared up. I trusted these people more than my own blood.Aideen held me so close I could hardly breathe and patted my head. I hugged her back with all my strength, only a fraction of hers.Being in Fiona’s. "MY CAR IS NEAREST, WE CAN TAKE HER IN IT." shouted Mary. "Someone get some blankets and towels to cushion my baby, for HER baby. She threw her keys to Jerry. "YOU DRIVE! YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE!!! Jerry, for the first time in ages, actually slid down the banister. Billy, Rick, and Dave grabbed blankets and towels from the linen closet and went down the stairs. Liz and Clara were holding her up, and David was pulling her a pair of sweatpants, and a housecoat on to wear to the hospital.. William. We had lunch. Eating at the dining table. We had not dressed. She said: ‘Ron and I have started going out. We went to a play that the players did. We also started to sit together and watch movies on a TV in one of the lounge areas. We usually meet for breakfast and dinner. I’m still being cautious. We aren’t even kissing yet. Ron seems to understand. He seems to have an intuitive feel for my need to go slow. I have hugged him a few times however. Not your kind of hugs, yet. I suspect that they. I told my self as soon as I got home I would sneak off with Tiffany my wife and release my tension. When we walked through the door of my apartment the first thing i noticed was a note on my kitchen counter,Hey honey i got called into work this morning. I have to cover a shift for one of the nurses today her son is sick.It looked like she made a good decision staying at home this morning, she was anything but a morning person, otherwise we would've cut Karen's first day at the beach.