" Honey we'll see, and we never committed to the Baxter's past the bridalshower tomorrow," said his mother, calming him down. "Now please let'snot get...too far ahead of ourselves everyone. Rita, you know this is quitea lot on her." I'm sorry, and of course not. You know your daughter better than anyoneAllison, but I also know what I see," said Rita, softly touching hisback. "And she's developing so beautifully right before my eyes if youask me. It's quite special." She's always been quite. "What have I done to make you treat me so?" You stand between me and my wife, wench!" he almost yelled, before lifting her bodily and putting her out of the way. "Don't try it again."Then he was gone, running as fast as he could to his rooms.Nigel swung again, only to feel the shudder up his arms as Luria blocked his blow with his own blade. She danced around him with a grace his lame, ugly body could not possess. Blocking his blows, she managed to find space to deliver a few of her own,. Then she asked me what do you want me to do. I just sat there looking over her body and not saying a word. She said come on Chris what do you want me to do. I responded by saying take off your shirt. She looked at me and started to shake a little and I said come on I don't have all day and she reached for her shirt and stared pull it over her head. Her shirt dropped to the floor and I said now take off your pants. She unsnapped them and push them down and stepped out of them.And just to let her. I hadn’t thought about it since then.I didn’t speak at first, I just watched him watching me. Finally he spoke. “I’ve missed you Alex, why haven’t you returned my calls?”I don’t know what to say to this. My first instinct is to tell him about Luke, but then I remember Katie. So I looked in to his big brown eyes and lie, “I’ve been busy.”By the look he is giving me I know he doesn’t believe me. As I have said before, I never have been a good liar. After a few minutes of waiting to see if he is.