Sitting with Jason, we couldn't help but smile at each other. I knew it was inevitable, the connection, it had been there since I ran after my dogs, s...raight to him. I leaned in for a kiss, to which was reciprocated.Our tongues intertwined, his hands on my sides, his right hand fondled my left breast. I moved on top, straddling his lap as he sat on the couch.With a heavy breath, he said, "I thought you never slept with a firefighter, and weren't about to start?" You said it yourself, you'd get. .. I'm Jewish."Felek blinked."What's that?" The term was familiar. He had read something about it, but could not for the life of him place the word. She shrugged."Don't know. Mother wasn't sure, either. She just said that we were part of a special people, but only those born to Jewish mothers were, in fact, Jewish. So, while both I and my brothers and sister are Jewish, only my children and Kasia's will be. That's why she was only telling us, and not the boys. So we could tell our daughters.". It was empty. Must have been at lunch, she thought. Dahra looked at Lissa's planning schedule on the desk. Printed on the schedule was the words "Atelan: Noon" Atelan? Lissa's old portaler roommate? Dahra didn't even know that Lissa had kept in touch with her, and didn't have the first idea where she lived. She seemed like a nice enough girl, but she knew next to nothing about her. She seemed to remember Lissa mentioning something about her getting a job with a construction company. Not much to. After about a hundred rods, we came upon a wide channel that wound its way off into the distance. I saw a number of indentations where other canoes had left their marks in the dark sand. A few small minnows could be seen, as they swam back and forth through the water. A great blue heron flew off squawking, disturbed by our appearance.Ron flipped the canoe off his shoulders and slid it into the water. It was hard to believe that in a few months, the lakes around us would become frozen.