" Anything for a friend," Ned said warmly before breaking the connection.Timothy Dayton was pacing worriedly in the room occupied only by Taylor and G...ace, as if they were some threat to him. Grace had never seen anyone so nervous and who tried so hard not to be noticed. But then, if she could hear the thoughts of everyone around her, Grace would probably want to make herself very small as well.The door opened to admit Karla Renfro, wearing a skimpy halter-top and skin-tight Capri pants, which. The next day I packed my things and went to the hostel. The first day of the hostel was very good. Everyone seemed friendly and the seniors gave us a warm welcome. I made a lot of friends and I was highly praised for my wit. A month passed without any happenings. One day morning 5:45 I was sitting in a park bench outside the canteen, drinking tea when the dark man I saw came back. It seemed that he had graduated last year and had come back to visit his friends. Soon a crowd gathered around him.. “Stop!” Tamara cried. She lost all enthusiasm for the game she was playing. “I’ll open it!”Victor leaned forward with a smooth smile in place, “As I knew you would.” He pushed the case towards her, “Don’t bother trying to break it. I think we both know what would happen ... inside you. Besides, I can make a replacement for my baby ... I rather think,” he rumbled, nodding towards Finch and Lauren, “you cannot?”Tamara understood his points all too clearly.The case opened and inside was the. What have I done? Where am I going to go? I'm just an old lady who has no place in this world.She'd been alone for ten years after David died, and her only daughter had put her in that home. She felt like she'd been around too long, lived past her time. She didn't understand modern life. All these gadgets and gizmos, everybody rushing so fast they didn't have time to sit and have a cup of coffee with you. She liked to talk, but nobody listened anymore.Alice shivered as the wind buffeted the.