" She thought while he was continuing his speech.She spent the rest of her day working. She didn't even go to lunch with Kate; instead she stayed in h...er office and continued what she was doing.Nedia was reaching for the last paper in the file she was working on when the phone rang."Nedia Adams." Hey honey, how are you?" Hi mom, I'm fine. Look can you call me later, I'm so sorry but I'm really busy today." She said trying to concentrate on her work while talking."It's okay Nedia. I just called. Without any real news the reporters started to film themselves door stepping his parents and outside his boyfriend the surfer’s house, showing the growing mob that was starting to form outside the homes. The homes stood quiet and still with their curtains drawn, the people inside sitting worried, waiting themselves for news about their son and their lover, the continually ringing of their doorbell and ringing of the phone shredding their nerves, making them feel liked trapped animals with the. ‘Oh, geez … right you are! What the hell are we going to do? Should we just turn the money in, you think?’ John questioned. ‘No way! That’s our money. It may have belonged to those drug runners but they tried to kill us. We deserve it!’ Em affirmed. ‘Sort of the spoils of war, huh?’ John agreed with a chuckle. ‘Exactly. Oh, this shower is delightful,’ Em effused. ‘Hurry up! We’ll be in Martinique before it’s my turn,’ John chided. ‘One more leg to shave and my you-know-what to do,’ Em mused. “I’m a Theirin now, and even he can’t deny that. And it doesn’t matter anyway. We will get back to our formal working relationship and that will be that. One brother and two -in-laws – who love me, I think – are more than enough for me.”“We need to go,” Zevran murmured, “if we wish to blend into the crowd.”I reached up and kissed Aedan’s cheek, then did the same to Zev. “I love you. Stay safe. Check in every day.”They each exchanged man-hugs with Alistair – the kind with forearm grasping and.