"Ted... ?"I'd heard that tone before from Grace. It's been described as the 'three-note interrogative'."Yes, love?" I think I kept the resignation out...of my voice. I couldn't think of anything she would ask that would be anything that would really bother me. Or so I thought."Could you sleep with another woman and still love me?"Was this a trick question? One that had no right answer? 'Does my bum look big in this?'"Grace, I can't think of anything that would stop me loving you. I ... you know. If you know any, we can also play your games too. We're here to have fun. All I ask is that you play nicely with each other and keep it reasonably quiet. First, though, I would like to know all of your names."Surprisingly, Athena found herself doing rather well as a nanny. After the fifth name, she lost track of them, but at least they knew that she was interested in them, the little darlings. Play time began immediately after that, and for the first hour or so everyone seemed to be having a. Alex looked at Em. If he was freaked out, he could only imagine what she was going through. "Are you okay?" Yeah." She just stared off into space.Alex shrugged off his coat. "Here." It took her a moment to realize what he was doing. She reached over and pulled it out from under him, but it was a long coat and it took her three tries to get it free. She drew her feet up on the seat and draped the coat over herself like a blanket."They knew where I lived," Em said softly. "They were gonna kill. Her green eyes were staring into his as if reading his very soul. The rest of the room and the people around them blurred; all on which he could focus was that English girl’s face. With a Herculean effort, he tore his eyes away from her face to gather his thoughts. With great care he spoke to her.“I am enchanted to meet you, Miss Eleanor. Would you do me the honour of a dance later?”“With great pleasure, Don Antonio,” Eleanor gushed, a smile lighting up her features.The smile cast another spell.