"It's this way," she said, yanking my arm. I followed her, apparently not walking fast enough because she eventually let go of my hand again and conti...ued on ahead of me. This time I didn't bother trying to catch up. She didn't even care whether I was there with her or not. I just let her go, walking at my normal pace and stewing some more. The further she went from me, the more emotional distance I felt between us, and the more bitter I got."That's right, leave the little babbler in the dust.. So for a couple of weeks Lorena and I would talk as I was eating. She told me she was married, but her husband was rarely home. Living fairly close to a quarry, he would mostly work long-haul routes. This gave them some time together in between jobs, but he would often spend 4-5 days a week away from her. After a few more days, when her shift was out, she would invite me for tea, or juice, depending on the weather. We would usually meet her friend Melody in the nearby small boutique hotel where. She tried to shrink away instead, pointless as it was. ‘Leave her alone,’ the older man pleaded with her, his rugged face contorted in impotent desperation. ‘Take me instead. Do whatever you want to me, just leave her alone.’ Maylin weaved her magic carefully in her mind, fingers drawing runes and that energy extending outward to thread through them all. She wanted to know their thoughts. Whatever she could glean from about how they had come to be here as they were or where they hoped to go. She continued into the living room with Michele and me following her, when we got into the room Rick, Julie, Jim and his wife Sharon jumped out and yelled surprise. I was very surprised, so was Michele they scared her a little and I felt her jump in my arms, we went in and sat down on the leather couch, Michele jumped off my lap right away to go exploring, I wished I could go with her. We talked for a few minutes when I realized we were moving, where are we going I asked Shannon.Shannon replied.