He had already seen the answer in her eyes, he just wanted her to admit it to herself."I ... I can't," she stammered out."But you could. Dawn, I've se...en you kiss her." The light finally came on for him, and he knew what he needed to say. "You already love her, don't you?" he asked gently.She stared at him with tears in her eyes. One escaped to run down her cheek."Dawn, I know how you feel. I love her too, with all the love my heart can bear. And you want to know something?" He waited for her to. She’s really nice and she plays games with us.”“Good. Your moms and I are thinking about having someone come live with us like your nannies did, but she wouldn’t be a nanny. She’d help around the house, and be home when you guys get home from school. You and Jesse don’t really need a babysitter now.”“I know! But Mom says we can’t watch the little ones yet. I can!”“I’m sure you can, Pumpkin, but your mom is right about needing an adult in case there’s some kind of emergency.”“I can dial. "I have absolutely no idea what you mean, Phillipe. You really should be plain when you speak. You know, say what you mean dear brother."The older man rolled his eyes."Very well, did you ask her to marry you? Did you ask Mademoiselle Giry to become your wife? Or, have you become the cat that ate the canary with that grin you are wearing?"Raoul lifted his leg, draping it over the arm of the chair and began to hum quietly. Phillipe gaped in shock at his brother's uncharacteristic behavior."What. She is plunged again into the icy cold, stealing her breath and freezing her body. She is falling backwards, everything racing away from her into the mist...Cassie jerked awake with a huge gasp, her heart hammering so fast in her chest she was sure it would burst.For a few moments, she was petrified, her mind still lodged in a disorienting limbo between dream and reality. She could still see Melissa in front of her and hear the horrible sexual torments that continued to play out behind her. It.