" Can I stay with you tonight?" She asked demurely."Why in HELL would you think I wouldn't like that? Of course you can stay with me. I agree it's too... soon and not appropriate, but we broke the ice last night and it seems we're playing catch up for the time we should have been together and you were in therapy." I said as I reached over and rubbed her hand hoping to communicate to her that everything does not have to be a confrontation."I have some things I need to tell you, nothing that will. Michael's mind had so many gaps in it that his imagination was using the memories it could access to start filling some of the bigger gaps in. Joey thought he may be able to use this somehow, and we both agreed it would be better if I left Joey alone with Michael.I had my own reasons for letting Joey try it alone. My greater experience in scanning other minds resulted in detecting what I believed to be a part of Michael's true self trying to reach out to Joey for help. Steven's conditioning had. His head felt heavy and he felt a little disoriented. However he had a sense that whatever had happened it had been fun."Who are you?" he asked the strange man. Realising that he looked like some kind of medic Nick continued. "What happened to me? Am I okay?" Oh my little Nicky you are more than okay. To answer your question I am Illyakin, I am an Estonian surgeon whom Marcus has paid handsomely for. You should thank your pretty little head that he is prepared to pay so much to make your dreams. When I woke up on the Saturday morning, it was overcast, and creating a golden effect right across the sky, like a sky wide sunrise. A golden glow on a blackened day. I lay in the garden, listening to my own heartbeat. I closed my eyes and absorbed the glow from the clouds. I sat up slowly and opened my eyes, wrapping my arms around my legs and pulling my knees to my chin. The entire garden was shaded an orange colour. I turned a reached for a rose and pricked myself finger on the thorns, I.