It was perfectly possible that her mood had nothing to do with him."Ah," he began, reaching for an air of innocence he wasn't really feeling at the mo...ment. "What did you ... learn?" He almost said 'find out', but that would have seemed to admit that there was some guilty secret lurking about, waiting to be discovered."That you haven't been completely truthful with me." Miranda parked her rolling case beside the coat-tree in the foyer. She sat her make-up bag beside it and turned to face her. She glanced down. "All of your clothes!"Trembling I removed my last article of clothing and stood before hershivering, hands clasped in from of myself.She walked around examining me, before moving over to sit on the edge ofa desk."To draw the female form properly, you need to understand what it is tobe and what it is to look like a female, do you understand? She asked."Yes Obie," I replied, not entirely understanding at all."From this moment forth you will address me as Miss Obie. Do. None of them address the other solutions."Frowning, Lucy took the papers from William and started to read them. It took her nearly an hour to get through the half dozen papers. As if no time had passed, she said, "You're right." Of course I am. I'm William Redman Carter," he replied with a grin.She reached across the table and slapped his hand with a soft love tap. She said, "Being William Redman Carter negates the possibility that you are correct."He laughed and said, "Thank you for solving my. But Jake’s smart. He can handle…”“No, Dad!” Katie interrupted him. “He can’t! He’s just a man, and nobody can resist Alicia. Dad…” She sighed, knowing that her father wasn’t going to want to hear what she had to say.“Alicia…” she faltered for a moment. “My sister isn’t exactly a virgin, Dad. She hasn’t been for a long time.”Surprisingly, her father didn’t get mad. “I know, Katie. She's fought her own inner war just like you’re fighting yours. She has vampire blood in her veins, too. She's more.