I gave them a quick read-through and edit, and sent them out, along with a request to have somebody bring me a sandwich. I had missed lunch earlier. W...lfowitz concluded that it was Al Qaeda which had attacked us, something that Richard Clarke and I had been saying all summer long. He also thought this was an excellent opportunity to link terrorism to Saddam Hussein. I told him flat out to not say anything to anybody until tomorrow, no leaks, no nothing.I sat at my desk and ate my late lunch. And he was the one doing the shoving. Everything he did, his whole personality, were the hands that were pushing her.“Stop being so nice to me,” she said.“I’m being nice to you?” His eyebrows rose.“Stop being ... you!” she barked.“Who else am I supposed to be?” he asked, his face softening. “Is this about the wand? If it is, I already told you I’m sorry. I only told you that stuff because I had to. I didn’t mean to freak you out.”Mindy’s recent dreams drifted around in her mind. They were. The following morning, I awoke in a daze. The events that took place mere hours ago seemed as if of dream-like quality. I wasn’t sure what to believe. I looked around, trying to get my bearings, and noticed that I was still entwined with Avery, both of us naked. I smiled. Last night was real, Avery and I were finally together. I stroked her hair as she slept, gently waking her from her slumber. Still half asleep, she managed to mutter, “G’morning love. What’s up?” “Nothing baby, nothing. How’d. ReAn asked where she could plug her laptop in and if I had internet that she could use, adding “I will pay half”.I told her she didn’t have to pay anything and to follow me to the office which was really another bedroom I used as my office. There was only the one small desk, but ReAn just sat on the floor next to the desk and plugged her laptop in setting it up on the floor. Turning to me she asked if she could have a pillow to kneel on or did, I prefer her to kneel on the floor?I thought to.