"Yaakk," came from Paul"Yaakk, yourself. I love you, Paul, and now I am sure you love me. I can feel the love emanating from the one sound you can mak.... Ed, please call Sally and tell her how successful the operation was."Ed moved back to a chair in the corner to make the call. Cindy stayed by Paul's side. The doctor had been busy writing up his observations. He said now, "His breakfast will be here presently. At 9:00 we will take him down to the lab and run some tests on him. Both you and his. " Stepping into the shower and through Amy's image, she heard Shannon call for her mother and father, and she cried out, "Shannon! It's me, Louise! I'm here."Picking the nude girl up, she carried her into the bedroom and set her on the bed."Replicator, I need two large nanobandages, right now."The requested material materialized on the pad and Louise grabbed them, wrapping them around Shannon's wrists and forearms. As the blood soaked the nanobandages, the nanobots embedded into them went to. She breathed in deeply, trying to capture the essence of the previous night, their cuddles, her sound sleep with him right there next to her. She wrapped her arms around herself and thought wistfully of the morning, her eyes opening to see her bedroom door, then the sense that she was not alone. She had rolled over slowly and moved closer to him as her body fit the contours of his. He faced the wall and was breathing slowly, quietly and didn’t move when she placed her hand on his warm hip and. "Next thing I know, I am being held responsible for his debt. They told me that I could either come up with fifty thousand or I would have to work to pay off the debt. They said that they just wanted information and I didn't think that would hurt anyone, so I agreed."When the robbery happened at Fellows, I told them about you and last night, Paul, who was the one who I've been working for told me I had to silence you. At first I thought I could do it, but I realised that I couldn't. I don't.