She said she felt run down, and when she began to run a fever that night, a cold chill ran down my spine. I hurriedly bundled Marie up in the middle ...f the night and delivered her to Greta at her apartment and told her to keep the child there indefinitely until she heard from me. I knew what it was, but I still called the doctor in to confirm it, especially when Madeleine’s fever worsened and she was unable to get out of bed the next morning. For several months we had been getting reports of a. I opened the lid and discovered the interiorof the box was more interesting than the outside. It was covered in thesame inscriptions as the outside, but they weren't worn down. In themiddle of the box was a pink crystal, about the size of a small fistprotruding from the base.I was interested in what the crystal was in the box, it might be acolored diamond or some other rare gem. In that case, I had a hugefortune if I could get it out of the box without damaging it. As I wastrying to figure out. The ball of energydissipated before it would have even hit him."Roulette wins the match," Tolman told us."You got lucky," Aegis told me in frustration."Take your positions," Tolman said. As soon as Aegis and I were backin place, she called out, "Hajime," which meant to begin.Aegis charged straight at me, swinging his fist in what would be anasty punch if it connected. I jumped to the side, barely avoiding thehit. I started gathering more energy, forming another ball in my hand.This time,. " I've had fun too," I said. "It's not a lie. "Tonight was awesome." Just know I don't want you to change for me. If you want to do thesenew things, I'm all for it. I'm excited to do these things with you.But only if you're excited to do them with me too. I love you." I-" my heart was racing. I was able to casually say I love him backearlier in the week. But that's why I was pretending to be Nicole. NowI'm... being myself? When did I stop pretending to be Nicole? I'mdeveloping feelings for him,.