She wondered if she could use the card to donate to the center and decided to call Ms. Patterson back and see what power the thing really had. ######...#### Ai had read Philip’s short messages half a dozen times or more since their exchange. Ai, How’s school? I had a great time with you and wanted to thank you again for your invaluable assistance in getting my project completed. It was a great success! Philip She didn’t over analyze it, didn’t wish it longer or for anything more like a ‘Dear’. "Unless we're careful we're going to be had for not catering for the physically handicapped. How did you get up the stairs this morning?"Reg told him."Right," he said decisively. "You continue to work from home until you're out of this chair. I still would like you, Eleanor, to report to me at nine when I can brief you for the pair of you. If I give you something to keep you both occupied for more than a day we'll be flexible. OK?" Yes, Ray," they chorused.He looked sternly at them. "It's the. ”“I’m sorry,” Danyelle immediately says. “You’re right.”“About not fighting or you wanting that girl?”“Neither,” Danyelle sighs heavily. “Both. I don’t fucking know. Maybe it’s this whole thing with Naraphim.”“Are you still worried about that?” Beatrix questions.“Or course I am,” the girl answers looking very concerned. “Aren’t you worried?”“Not really,” the blonde replies with a shrug.“Why not?” Danyelle asks, puzzled by her girlfriend’s calmness. “What if he attacks again, like right. There was no great set-up, no seduction. It just started naturally as if it was the most normal thing in the world.”“How did it feel?”“Wonderful! It felt as if it was always meant to happen. Yes, it did take me by surprise but only for a moment. I raised my arms around his neck, I felt his hands on my bottom and we kissed for a long time.”“How did it go from there?” I asked.“Dad seemed to realise what was happening because he stopped the kiss suddenly and moved away. He kept saying he was.