He was a big man with all the marks of a one-time athlete. He towered over JD. She also enjoyed the subtle changes that came over JD - even as his age... it was clear that he was the younger brother. He bristled at 'junior'.From out of the house came four men, whom Marcus took the liberty of introducing. They were his own son George and JD's sons Charles, Edward and Wilton. "Boy's this is Junior's secretary up in Washington, Miss Sullivan." Please, Rachael is fine."Wilton moved first, taking her. Verothlen had refilled his own wineglass for the fourth time, when Avatharel spoke again. "I suppose I am not so proud of some moments of my life, and yet, they are not so terrible to share."Verothlen turned to Avatharel, and the younger elf was struck by the alienness in his face, the sense of great age and knowledge the older elf possessed. Suddenly uneasy, Avatharel recalled Hrosz' label of the other elf as 'Firstborn'.Verothlen nodded when the sudden revelation came to Avatharel. "Yes," he. She's a looker too and she likes you, maybe more than likes you from what you told me," said Marvin. I gave him a look. "Carmen? Yeah, she likes me, and that's just it. She, well, I don't think she actually loves me. Yes, she does like me. Maybe even a lot, but love... "Marv, I need love, and cheater though she is, Stacy does love me. But Carmen? Well, I could only wish that a big leaguer like Carmen could ever really love a guy like me. At least me and Stacy are in the same league," I said. . “Paige,” Britney said. “What, you wanted to know. That's pretty much what happened honestly the pieces were already there, we just put them together,” I replied. “And you don't regret it?” Britney asked. “No, why would I?” I asked. Then she gave me a hug. I think she was more than a little if-y about the whole thing. “I just don't want you to build yourself up just to be knocked down. We really did think something was going on. He got you gifts every Christmas and birthday and he's been sweeter.