. I've been thinking aboutit." She looked down, embarrassed. "My conduct was completelyunprofessional. If a counselor that reported to me had done ...what I did,I'd probably have to let her go." She shook her head sadly. "I ...wrote a letter of resignation."Tears formed in Tommi's eyes. "It's my fault, too, isn't it?" Her headdropped, from both sorrow and guilt. "If I hadn't been so stubborn. IfI had talked to you sooner." She wiped at the tears in her eyes as shelooked up at Rachel, her. ”Beth was not forthcoming, so I let it go. I guess she was waiting to tell me over dinner. Denny’s was not far. We were there and seated within a half hour. I ordered a burger, fries, and a tonic. Beth ordered a salad. Not much had been said since we left Beth’s house. The server had just delivered our dinner when I asked, “So what did you want to talk about?”Beth leaned forward and kept her voice low, “I consider you a friend, and I think I can trust you. I want to ask you a favor. If you say. ’ ‘Already up in the nursery,’ Thomas explained. ‘She was fresh with Nurse this morning so she didn’t get any breakfast. I can’t wait for her to be off to school!’ I knew I should tell Thomas not to say such things. But I found I could not condemn him for wishing to be free of his sister’s difficult company. At that moment, I heard the front door of the mansion burst open. I guessed – correctly – that it would be Elizabeth, rushing in from Jonathan’s flat in the city, freshly washed and. Since your mortal half also has strength, your human aspect will sustain and you can return to your life of mortality.’ ‘Then, do it!’ ‘You cannot do this!!’ Ada’an knew he shouted, and knew he shook Sarah hard as his hands gripped her arm, but felt himself still as Sarah’s eyes lifted to his gleaming with heat, power and something else, felt the heat burn his palms and felt with surprise his hands moving away from her shoulders. He stared now, still as Sarah turned to face Ah’veel and.