”Michael nodded. “Which would have been my procedure as well.”I nodded again. “What are your recommendations?”“Wait,” Chloe said. “Tha...’s it? You’re not worried about the Council sending more goons after you?”“What am I supposed to do, panic?” I asked. “How would that help anything?”“Of course not panic,” she said, “but shouldn’t you take precautions?”“Right now, I’m more worried about local events and trying to end the Lockdown,” I said. “Since these two have all but thrown in their allegiance. Those operate 24/7 - they could say they are bringing Amber home after thesurgery..." I didn't sound confident about having known about the implantssurgery - which I didn't - or that she had posted the full video theTumblr graphic had come from, but I pressed on. "I saw a report on thiskind of service on the news..." I'll pass that on Elizabeth, Thank You for that - good idea, no one hadthought of that... See you both shortly" OK Jacob, we'll be there..." Paul hung up the phone and began. Now, finally, maybe I would get some answers to the questions that had always been there."Kira," I said.The girl smiled and nodded.I knew her name.She had told it to me in a dream."How?" I frowned.She reached over and brushed the hair away from my eyes before she looked back at me in silence for a moment as if she was considering what to say next. As if she had to explain something to a small child."Even though you had returned physically," she explained slowly, "You were still lost inside your. It felt really good on her and when she ran her hands over the blouse she smiled imagining how it would feel to have Bill touching her in it. She decided the color was too somber, not uplifting enough, and decided to try a recently purchased light tan cotton cocktail length dress with embroidered purple flowers Bill hadn’t seen. When she saw herself in the dress shop mirror, she smiled at the way it looked and as she slid her hands from her shoulders to her hips she beamed thinking how much.