"Yeah, I'm OK, Mom."Cassie hung around for a few hours, but I wasn't much company. She eventually said she needed to get home and left, clearly disapp...ointed. I felt bad that I wasn't receptive of her attention, but I couldn't lift myself out of my funk. Mia called me that evening, then Shay called. I couldn't really talk to them. Not yet. I knew they were worried and disappointed that I wouldn't or couldn't talk, but everything was just too raw. I'd call them in a few days, once I felt better.I. . bastard... Shikijou: Stop. If you took that blow your skull should have been smashed. The shock should have reached your brain, and you should be unable to move a muscle. And yet... you made my hands shake. (glancing down at his hands, which have been gripped so hard they're torn and shivering). I like you, kid. How about it. Forget Battousai and join us.Sanosuke: What?Shikijou: We don't care about your background. All that matters is that you're strong. I was originally a spy from Satsuma,. ” She laughed.I jokingly pouted and said, “I’m just looking for agood time.”She looked at me and said, “you’d better be carefulwhat you wish for honey, trust me, you are safer outhere.”Now honestly, I just wanted to find a stud for thenight, get a good fucking, then go home. Even though itwasn’t looking promising, I wasn’t looking forward todriving somewhere else. I didn’t have any other plans.I thought I’d stick around, see what. That’s it so far.”She nodded grateful at the trust. “Back to your original point, you seem to have thought a lot about this change in the amount of female attention. Can you trace back to when this started?”I stopped drawing and looked up then, frowning. “I want to say after the accident, but I’m not certain that was necessarily true. Mom and Lilly both focused on me after I found out about the divorce. I just assumed that was because I was the only one that was in emotional distress over it,.