He’s gone into the office so I’ll talk to him today and I’ll let you know as soon as I can. Are you going to be home?”“Yeah, I’ve got some...work to do on an article that I’m about halfway through. So just give me a call here after you talk to Dave. Thanks Maria.” I hung up the phone; happy with the positive tone in Maria’s voice as our conversation ended.I pulled on some swim trunks, took a long invigorating swim in my little pool and then sat down at my computer to do some work. After about an. .. I...” his face flushed darker and darker, and his eyes looked anywhere and everywhere, but he could not look at either Michael or his uncle anymore.The air in the room was becoming more and more strained, and Laurie whimpered as she pressed herself tighter to Michael, who still could not quite believe that the man, who he might have to fight to the death, was a member of his own family.He had been shocked so many times today, but standing outside in the darkness and seeing his relative climb. Her subconscious must have noticed it, because peeping was not her intent. But, there was a foot or so gap at the top of the young man’s curtains and with the light on in his bedroom, she could easily see in. Like all the brownstone houses on the block, the buildings had very large windows. It was not unusual for people to buy standard curtains and fit them as best they could but end up with a gap. Usually, that gap at the top was not any more than an aesthetic problem. That is, unless someone. " It also let her heal her own injuries. After the beating, the chain people and the police took 'grams of the injuries, then she healed them." You know her? Of course you do. You work for the main office. What is she like? What else can she do?" I think she's pretty nice. And she's easy to talk to, apparently. She can do things like heal shallow wounds, and give you a tan. And heal scars. Even old scars, like that one." She pointed to a scar on the back of the older girl's hand."If she was.