.. LOVED right now."It seemed that Teresa already knew my thoughts as I thought them. I felt like she was a part of me. I wondered if the feeling was ...mutual. Looking at her I realized that it was. Her eyes communicated so much love and feeling towards me that it would have been hard to miss."Hey Teresa, I love you too. You have no idea how much your being here is a tonic for this old man. You are so alive and vibrant. Madeleine would have loved you and I am sure she is very happy for me right. ‘Oh-h-h! Angels. Is Anna serious? She has writ that Clair himself asks me to go, most particular.’ ‘Why would he not?’ Tashka asked. ‘He has always loved you, Pava. Have you forgot how he and Hanya sat by your side every night turn by turn when you were so ill in Falaise?’ ‘Do not talk to me of Clair and Hanya,’ Pava’s voice was strangely gentle. He did not sound like his usual flippant self, Vadya thought he sounded as if he were about to cry. ‘Hanya is gone: Hanya, with those eyes like ice. Considerably beyond incredible, actually. But that’s not what I meant. I ... it’s...”Be strong. Now’s not the time to dissemble. Whether this morning or a week from now, this is something we have to confront. “It’s that I wasn’t the only one there.”Chewing on her lip, she nodded. “I’ve never felt this way before. I don’t mean,” she hastily amended, “that I’ve never felt this way about anyone, but that...” The rest refused to emerge.He hugged her closer. “I know what you mean. You’re .... George seemed distracted as we worked through the process, and I finally had to brace him about it. “What’s going on, George? Is this a bad day to tackle budgets?”He looked sad for a little while and then started to give me the truth. “When I bought my first ownership share in Southern Sky, things here were pretty bad. The economy was in the tank, people were losing their jobs, homes and careers, banks were refusing to lend money, and everything was just hard. We fought back and got things out.