Next, happiness when I whiped away her tears. And finally confusion when I hugged her. Looking into her beautiful eyes, I said"Welcome home, dear."Ash...ey fell to her knees, held me tightly and started to sob, laugh and cry at the same time. "Thank you! Thank you so, so much, Miss Melissa! You won't regret this, I promise!" “I know I won't. Now come on up." She stood back up and was standing less than a foot front of me. My hands began touching her on her stomach, feeling every muscle of her. ”“How did you know it was a tank?”She looked at me like I was an idiot ... and suddenly ... I was. I squirmed.“It’s ok ... Now you know what’s like.”SHE’S FOUR!! She’s not treating me like she’s four ... she’s treating me like I’m the kid and she’s the adult ... and she IS. What is she?“I’d modified my little plane to make her a dive bomber. Scooting around in the sky is fun ... but Midway ... the movie ... something to do that needs skill. First it was bouncing a hardwood dowel off a floating. ‘I must have lost track of time, you know how crazy things get this time of year.’ ‘Yes, it must have been a very difficult day for you.’ He frowned at my sarcasm, and lifted his feet from the table before he responded. ‘Are you mad at me?’ I took a deep breath and crossed my arms. ‘You know what? Yes, I am mad at you.’ ‘Because I didn’t call you?’ He seemed genuinely confused. ‘Because you broke a promise,’ I told him, ‘and not for the first time.’ He tried to brush off my comment with a wave. " She put her hand on Hunter's shoulder to use to help her to her feet. He stood behind her, his hands on her hips, steadying her. "We're going to have to use masks."Hunter's head was shaking before she even said the word "going". "No way. You are not going back there until we get some of the lab geeks down here to find out what you inhaled, Mira. And you're getting a complete physical."Mira rolled her eyes. "Listen, lover, just because I let you have my body doesn't mean that you are going to.