“ But I don’t know how to push. What do I do? How do I know if I’m doing it right?” Michelle asked, sounding scared. “ Use the same muscles ...you would to have a bowel movement. That’s what the mothers I took care of told me. Just let us know when you’re ready. Alec is going to be monitoring the baby and he’ll catch it when you push it out,” Kate said, sounding fully confident, but completely nervous inside. When Michelle’s contraction started, she did exactly as Kate had explained. Alec put his. “My best friend just agreed on my behalf. What do you play?”“A lot of the same stuff you do, but I also play a lot of Latin American and Spanish love songs. I’ll teach you some if you want.”“Sure. What can I teach you in return?”“How to sing better! You have perfect pitch!”“I’m not sure I’m qualified to give voice lessons, but we could talk to my friend Milena and maybe she can give me some pointers on how to help you.”“She’s the girl from the concert?”“Yes. She’s working on her PhD and is a. I justwanted to introduce myself."He smiled at me, causing me to smile back."It was nice to meet you, Sarah," he said. "I look forward to hearingsome of your work." It was nice to meet you too, Daren," I replied, and with a grin heturned and headed out of the cafeteria."He's too old for you," Dad said moments later.---Dad was leading me down the hall toward the studios. He'd been here withclients enough times to know where to go, but we weren't certain whichstudio we were supposed to be. “He was one of the worst students at the school. I was in favor of dropping him from the program, but the other instructors kept him on. I can see why now. They obviously knew where he was going,” Lucy sent to us over our mental net.“He is not suitable to have his Talent expanded. He is barely able to do any real Magic,” Eachna sent to us.“I think this whole meeting will be a disaster. We should have never agreed to it,” the Colonel sent to us in an unhappy voice.“Well, where are the.