In her mind, she pretended she was his wife and they were driving back to their home. She pretended this every time she was in the car with him. How s...e longed to be older, to be a woman. John drove in silence for a few minutes before turning to Jane and sincerely asking how she was. She wanted to answer that she had never been better, but quickly changed her demeanour and replied “Okay” as casually as she could manage. She breathed in the heavenly mix of his aftershave and his natural smell. We talked, and drank some beer, and talked some more. Soon the group began to thin out, till it was just the instructor and I left at the table. He listened to my chatter, at closing time offered me a ride to my quarters. This was a distance of some two blocks, strange in retrospect, but I readily accepted. His car was Southern California all the way, a Jaguar Sedan, leather seats, four on the floor. I was impressed. He quickly drove the two blocks to my quarters and parked in the large. He knew that would be fatal to his career at Cunliffe, especially since his wife was the niece of a named partner."Sarah collected up some clothes and personal items and hustled Georgie out to their car and Thomas drove them home, making sure Bradley wasn't following them," Nan paused, taking a sip of her drink.I hadn't said a word because I couldn't. I was still in shock and trying to absorb what had happened to Georgette during this horrible time. Nan must have read my thoughts."It was a hell. The bear had hit her pretty hard, and itseemed she had a bruise beneath her ribs, but that was about all. I wastempted to use holy magic on her, now that I'd finally learned a spell,but as much as I wanted to shift to animal trials I couldn't bring myselfto use my rescuer as a guinea pig. I decided to stick with the healingI'd used so far, instead.A few seconds of concentrated effort was all it took to restore the wolfto peak condition. When it was done, I stood upright with a small smileand.