”She nods, “Yes, Bailong. I’ll do as you ask. They’ll be here to see you later today or early tonight. Knowing Jun, she and her father will be...here as soon as they know where you are. By now they must know you’ve returned to us, even if it’s for a short visit.” The girls give him an odd look while this talk takes place. Granny Mă turns and leaves the room to go home. Like most of the shop owners she lives above her shop.The girls spend the next few minutes reassuring themselves Hal is OK and. Watson, and how well it suited you. Ouch. That would ruin your own self-image, wouldn’t it?” “I can assure you, sweetie, I’m not.” The biggest question of the night: “Can you prove it to me? Just between the both of us, Dad, can you prove it for me?” The shocked expression was so great on his face that it was cute. “What? Prove it to you how?” “Oh, I don’t know,” Emma murmured, tossing her hair back and biting the bottom mouth. “I was thinking more along the line of . . . giving you a handjob?”. She nodded. “I do.” “Then get up and bend over the arm of the couch.” “What?!” she asked, shocked at the turn of events. “Bend over the arm of the couch,” he repeated. “Facing toward the couch please.” Though she was still unsure, she did as he asked. He stood up off the couch and walked behind her. She tried to see what he was doing but didn’t want to move too much. He finally spoke after a few moments. “Grudges aren’t a good thing to keep, right?” “Right, they aren’t.” He chuckled, “You don’t. As the light grew ever less and the darkness ruled her world around her, Susan started thinking more in terms of a seeing-eye dog and a white cane to tap out her safest route to follow.Still, she was able to walk slowly and ride public transit and do some of the things she loved to do in her carefree sighted days. Deep down inside, Susan was still the bubbling optimist that she considered part of her personality and she refused to accept the fast approaching world of darkness that she was faced.