I suspected something had changed, so I went shopping.”“It was easier before they shut down Iultin, but I manage. I still have the old truck so I ...ould go to Egvekinot to pick up my orders,” she said as she leant against the wall outside the shower.“Hey, Zarka! Where did you get off to?” Raina called out.“In here,” she called back looking over her shoulder.Raina came in and looked into the shower cubical. She grinned at Zarka and took up the other side of the entrance, happy to enjoy the view.. I assured him everything was superb. I asked for the check and he looked at me smiling. He said to me, “Your meal is courtesy of the staff. It is rare we get a gentleman who trusts our judgment to pick his meal. Whenever you are back here in Pittsburgh you are welcome to dine with us as family. You will never pay for a meal here. Please bring your lady friend too.” I stood up shook his hand and gave him a warm smile. Nora had returned and I held her seat for her as she sat back down. She was. I've got my own bedroom and it's huge with a big bed, lots of wardrobes, not that I need them, and a dressing table with a stool and my own bathroom that's so glamorous. Last night he let me help him cook and we had fillet steak with mushrooms done in red wine; some fancy potatoes with cream, garlic and onion, as well as minted peas, Brussels sprouts with pine nuts and honeyed carrots with almond flakes. Then we had strawberries soaked in some liqueur with dreamy ice cream. After dinner he let. "He wouldn't hit a woman," Michelle informed her tartly."I meant that figuratively. He bit the head off of anyone and everyone in the hospital today. And would you like to know why, or did you figure this out?" Stephanie walked over to the table and picked up one of the beautiful flowers, smelling the scent of roses and lilacs. She pulled out a few of the flowers in the vase, rearranged and, before Michelle could blink, had a beautiful arrangement."Figures you'd be good at this too, you're good.