Reed took her blouse off completely, and reached behind her back. Cat's pullover came to her neck and stretched as she pulled it off completely. Back ...nd forth, Trevor stared. Somewhere in the back of his mind he was trying to decide just how someone dying of cancer was supposed to behave in a situation like this - - could he show how excited he was, or should he maintain some pose of sadness? He couldn't decide, and meanwhile, involuntarily, his mouth was opening -- at least he didn't drool -. I wanted to rub her head as I did my nephew when he stuck his foot in his mouth, but I felt it was inappropriate.She changed the subject, "So are you going back to work and stuff?"I nodded my head. I had been putting off going to work while I delved into my research on Lucy and matters of the supernatural. But for both subjects I had gotten as far as I was going to. I didn't feel like I was ready to assume Lucy's life fully, but there was a point in which I had to. Bills would eventually pile. . oh god, not out in public. I can't, I just can't. Not like this. You ... you can't do this to me. You have no right to do this to me. I'm the customer. You have to do what I say. Please ... I'll do anything you want ... just don't take me out in public ... you don't know what it would do to me if anyone..."She planted her feet on the floor defiantly. I jerked on the leash till she understood her untenable situation. She wasn't in charge anymore. Her eyes were pleading but she followed. ... you should know that too, unless you havebeen sleeping inside my mind all this time! Also, Joey isn't sometarget, he's a nice young man." Well in a manner of speaking, yeah though I can make my presence knownthrough you in subtle ways." M uttered with a sinister grin, marringChloe's young female face."Oh...and I have known about it the whole time...." Well quite, you are nothing more then a mere shell, a construct... andJoey is no innocent in all this after all...." How dare you say I am.