"Here you are," I said as I handed her drink to her. "This must be quite an occasion."I sat and waited for Trish to tell me what's on her mind. Finall... she started. "I must be absolutely insane to be having this conversation but here goes." She stopped, drank a bit of her rum and coke then after taking a deep breath, said some things that left me absolutely speechless."Brian, Jordan and I have spent the last few days having a discussion that has, on occasion, become quite heated. I finally. She sees now that she caused this. She drove him to it. If he doesn't love her any more, if he feels nothing at all, then it's because of her. She killed it. She extinguished the spark he once had. She was so used to being the “Boss” all day. Surviving in a man's world, living up to her reputation as a demon in the boardroom, demanding respect. She forgot to leave that persona at the office and brought it into the home. He hadn't been her partner, she treated him like an underling, like one of. Mr. Right had not come along, so we have been having sex two or three times a week. Bill stopped by a few times, and we went out and met a few folks from the University for drinks and flirted with the girls. When we returned the first time, Mom asked him if he had a girlfriend. Bill said he had met someone. I had to turn away to stifle a laugh when I saw the disappointed look on her face.I would be living on campus and would not be around except on holidays and a few weekends. My mother’s. You stopped two of the snow beasts.”“I sang to them and made them fall asleep. It’s not the same thing. You hit them with lightning.”Shavala stared into the distance. “I wish I hadn’t. It’s good that we can defend ourselves, but being able to kill someone ... It shouldn’t have been necessary. Why do you feel like this now? When you killed that man in Circle Bay, you were sad for days.”“I don’t know. Seeing Sarette jump into the fight like that ... She’s the sort of person Corec should be.