When they arrived at the hospital, they made their way to the front desk, giving information about their daughter. The woman at the front desk told th...m their daughter was already stabilized and she was in the recovery unit. A doctor saw them arriving, he sighed softly as he approached. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Stone?’ He spoke quietly as he looked at the couple. He immediately recognized that his patient looked just like her mother. ‘Yes…’ It was Abigail who spoke, finally finding her voice. ‘Hello…. “Rick,” I said at the same time.Sarah turned to look at me.“He did!” I insisted.“He did,” Matt confirmed. “He and Eric were talking about how much fun a pig roast might be. Four days later, Susan took the idea and ran with it. I mean, I don’t think anyone made him feel slighted but I got the impression that he wanted to host it.”“Well, shit,” Sarah said.“We have the same dynamic,” Liz said. “We all still look at Jill like she’s 22 instead of 29.”“Twenty-nine?” I asked. “I thought, maybe .... “I’m going to take a chance here,” I stated. “Keep me covered and pull me out if it goes south.”I moved carefully out into the open, attracting the Klarven, who immediately swarmed towards me, though only to blow apart as the anti-Klarven device built into my armour in a set of wards disintegrated and weakened their carapace causing them to literally explode from their internal pressure. Other than a ghastly smell which permeated the area and made me feel faintly sick I was unharmed and most. "Yeah, I can see that," she said. "What you wanna do about it?" Well, I, um, I......" he stammered.Julia sat up, gathering her top and tying it behind her in one smooth motion. She looked him right in the eye and said, "How about if we go where it's less crowded so we can talk. You know that double party thing is coming up and I'm wondering what to get for Dad and cousin Cindy." Sure, how about the grove of beeches, you know, where we used to go when we were kids?"As they headed up the coast.