Listen, about this morning… I was caught up in the excitement of us doing it in front of those others. What I said about doing it again I didnt mean...it. Oh that? I know, I dont care about that silly comment. I know how guys are. She said smiling. Come on no avoiding it youre going to have to face my sister and me, and probably my dad too. She had said it didnt matter but after that she was smiling more talking more and practically skipping home. It was my turn to be quiet, face her and Bella. As Jessica stared closer at Paige, though, she began to see somethingmore in her face- the faint traces of a smile... "You can stop looking so damned smug," Jessica snorted as Paige awokewith a giggle. "One person goes off sick..." Wonder what'd happen if I called in sick?" Paige mused. "Has that everhappened before? The person on sick call calls in sick themselves..." Umm... How would I know?" Jessica asked. "Just 'cause I'm a supervisornow, doesn't mean I memorised everything about the. I looked over at her. “Did I?” She grinned and nodded. “Oh, Christ! So, the girls are still there? Why?”“They were saying something about you giving them your final orders, your dying orders. Molly was very melodramatic about it all. They’re fine. Mrs. Torquist’s sister lives nearby and she took the kids and the dogs and the twins in. I went over there last night after they started working on you and calmed them down, but they insisted on staying there.”“Where’s their father?”“He’s a long-haul. “Oh! Shit, guess not, um,” Mark stammered. “Fuck, this is…”Tom was across the room in a flash, taking the computer.“Relax, Mark,” he said quietly. “It’s all good, man.”He nodded at the bed.“Get comfortable, and I’ll get you a beer,” he said. He made no move to put clothes on.“Yeah, a beer would be great," Mark said. “Um, hey, look this might be weird, but, um, since you showered and I just kind of hurried up here, you mind if I jump in there for a minute? Just to, you know, freshen up. If.