"His acceptance surprised her. Alice placed a hand on his."Has ... the Lady ... talked to you?"Zak nodded, expression becoming more serious."Yeah. Not...much, but I heard a voice. Tom told me what was going on, while you two were still sleeping this morning. It's ... I mean, wow." But you believe?"He nodded again."It's like something in a book. There's gods and goddesses all over those, so, you know. This one happens to be real." He paused, considering. "That was one thing I never quite liked. But I was feeling too low down to even get up and move.Just about the same time I noticed the smell, I heard some guy's voice behind me."Hey Bub, what's got you so down?"I was just about to tell whoever it was to piss off when the stranger offered me his hand,"M' name is Lou."It was a firm handshake, and Lou was at least as big as I was. He was a handsome devil, or at least I figured a woman would find him handsome. He was as dark as I was blond, with a deep tanned looking face, with short dark. It almost looks like he might bite you, but he’ll just lightly nibble. He wouldn’t ever bite unless you are mean to him…’ ‘All right all ready, what in tarnations is it? A bear? A monkey? What?’ Hannah’s cheeks were all flushed and I could tell she wasn’t very good at suspenseful conversation. ‘It’s a ferret and I named him Mac because this guy is HUGE. Some people say he stinks but I’m so used to it I don’t notice it any more. Wanna’ meet him later?’ A surprised look crossed her face and with. I ordered and went through the line and grabbed my to go order and filled up at the soda fountain. I turned and started in the direction of the exit when I saw where she was sitting, right along my route. I knew by the sweater (and the cannon balls inside) that it was her and I admit I was so shocked I almost dropped my bag. Her face was angelic, dont get me wrong, an absolute cover girl, but even under the somewhat heavy makeup there was no doubt she was young, so much younger than her body.