Dago wasn’t sure if it was worth the risk of getting burnt in that fire, but he sure as hell thought about it. She really didn’t seem to like him ...uch, unfortunately. He might have to fix that.He stopped in front of the drawing room that Lilith so often inhabited. He ran a hand through his own messy black hair before knocking on the door. Someone called to him and he opened it. Lilith looked a lot like Natalie in the fact that she also had long black hair, but it was impossibly long and Dago. "You've got a fever, let me go get a thermometer," Ellen says before she runs into the bathroom.She returns with the thermometer and gets ready to stick it in Jessica's mouth. Ellen reads the thermometer and groans. "It's rectal." Don't we have another one?" Jessica asks."I must've gotten this one by mistake. Do you want me to go to the store?"Jessica thinks a minute then replies: "Might as well use it." She rolls over and further pulls up her nightshirt, it's now up to her mid-back. Ellen. It's something that I just had to try out. Not that Iplan on repeating it any time soon. Can you follow orders or do I needto push you out the door?" ...after last night...I'll do anything." Good. Take off your mask."Jessica bit her lip. "Is that really necessary?" Take it off." Markus was resolute. Jessica hung her head beforepulling at her neck untill a seam appeared, and a slightly darkershade of skin came out. Jessica's pretty face and thin chin faded awayfor a slightly thicker, dark haired. Every single one of them shook my hand and muttered condolences as they filed out past mum and I and for that little show of respect, we both sat down and wrote out thank you cards to them all when we got home with a list from the local vicar and the help of Fred who was turning out to be a valuable friend!We flew out three days later to Spain leaving behind a mass of diggers and earth movers beavering away under Fred's watchful eye, mum had stopped bleeding by then but I was still concerned.