His family had been lucky to get out of Poland just after World War II, before the Iron Curtain came down on Eastern Europe.At O’Hare, the driver un...oaded our bags and turned them over to a Skycap, who checked our tickets and gave us baggage claims that we’d need to use in Amsterdam. We would have to re-check our bags, because there was no way to book them through because the second leg was on Aeroflot, and we had two sets of round-trip tickets: Chicago to Amsterdam and Amsterdam to Moscow.With. We hit it off very well and chatted on and off as the evening wore on. Later, at around ten o’clock when had both had enough of the wedding, Gareth asked if I wanted to join him for a drink at the hotel that we were booked into. After the customary goodbyes, we went on our way.As we sat at the same table I had occupied the previous night, I was intrigued by our earlier interactions and decided to ask Gareth about his personal life.“Why aren’t you seeing anyone at the moment?” I asked.Frowning. He didn’t need it and didn’t enjoy it like he used to. Time to grow up. He also pondered that too. What would life be like in ten years? Would Mei be around? Would they be married? He didn’t think so. Not because he wouldn’t want her but because she would outgrow him. He was, at thirty-five, finished maturing for the most part and she at twenty-four had a lot of growing still ahead. Nothing is more damaging to a relationship than one party changing while the other stays frozen in habits and. The field and trail of dead you left in the dark range was proof of that. It took me far longer to get to the center, with it accepting me.”I could only shake my head in disbelief she was more powerful than she thought. I looked back at Morganna suddenly seeing a myriad of colors coming from her center. looking closer I saw that a great many that had once been open were now closed or covered. Not knowing I reached out flicking away at a few of those spots.Morganna’s mouth dropped open again her.