It worked, I thought, at least this part of it did. Great…now what? I shouted inside. I jumped to my feet, and did the only logical thing there was ...to do: I freaked out. Why hadn’t I thought this far. What was I supposed to get her addicted to now? What was the best way to mess up her mind, in a way that she’d never be able to get away from me?Mindlessly, I grabbed one of my perfumes and rushed back to her, then halted near my bed. Maybe I could get her addicted to this. Wear it every now and. Warren took the ring out of the box and put it on her hand."I did good with the size," Warren observed. It fit perfectly."You did good, period, my love," she told him. She held her hand up to her face. "My God, it's so beautiful," she sighed."No more beautiful than the girl wearing it," Warren told her."Flatterer." That's my job." You just keep doing it." She sighed. "Warren, I love you." I love you, too." Hey," Sophia said, "I wonder if we can get into the stands! We need to tell our parents,. "Are you Beth Wilson?" he asked. The woman still giving signs of being out of breath, just gave a nod as she took the vacant seat that Rick had indicated. "I'm sorry", she finally said. "I missed the bus and had to get a taxi. I didn't want to miss the class for 'foreign affairs' it is a subject I'm very interested in", she concluded. "That is fine", he replied. "We were discussion the cuts in foreign aid and whether that aid should be spent on our own people first, working to the principal. "Doug already knew that, just as she knew he already knew. They could practically read each other's minds after all these years. But he didn't need to be a mind reader to know that her next question would be about Search and Rescue. She explained how she'd just given the coordinates but didn't get a confirmation before the boat was hit. She saw the look on his face and stopped talking. "What?" That was an eight, not a zero. That's about a hundred fifty miles difference, Mare."She blinked at.