Now I had a female name as well, I pulled my kneestogether and smoothed the skirt of my dress as I folded my hands over myknees and tried to decide wh...t was happening. Should I run out the door,I couldn't very well do that dressed as I was, and besides I couldn'tremember what I had done with my keys.John returned and took a seat next to me on the sofa, handing me a glassI took a sip to calm my nerves. The taste of the wine sliding down mythroat calmed me some. John brushed a strand of hair. ‘My Mom found a bunch of old photos of the two of us when we were kids, put them in an album, and made me promise to drop them off. She thought your Mom would get a kick out of them.’ ‘The photo queen … are you kidding? She’ll be in heaven.’ ‘Is she here?’ ‘No. They’ve gone to my Aunt Maggie’s for the weekend. Do you want to come in? I mean, do you have to be somewhere?’ ‘No, it’s just a lazy Saturday afternoon for me.’ Adam escorted her to the screened-in back porch and went to grab a pitcher. Laura put down her own burger. “You mentioned having a theory as to why. Can you explain it?”“I have limited evidence to go on, but so far my sense is this:” he paused. “I’ve been practicing techniques to expand my awareness beyond my normal senses for awhile now. Allison has been doing the similar things for years as well, even if those may have been unintentional and rooted in something painful. So when we met and began to care for each other, our extra senses kicked in, and picked up on the. No fair peeking." I have something to help us celebrate." He held up a paper sack and removed a half-bottle of Champagne. "I've been saving this for a special occasion and this qualifies as special." Noah -- I can't have that." Nonsense. One short glass of Champagne during your pregnancy isn't going to hurt anyone." I suppose not." It's only a half bottle. Shall I put it on ice?" Go ahead."Noah dumped ice into a bucket, stuffed in the bottle and topped it with water from the tap. Rachel.