He slid over to them, taking advantage of how Maria, Michael, Garry, and Jacob all came up to shake Elaine’s hand. They were a nice distraction for ...ntoinette. She’d want him to come up to her in a moment, but he needed to know something, and know it now.“Sándor,” he whispered, once was close to the man.“Jack,” the monster said. He almost slid away, once Jack got close. Right, the man was a Begotten, and while other Kindred could sense the curse, and how it inflated Jack’s Beast, Sándor could. “She was such a free-spirit and always came up with ways to surprise me. Sometimes I’d get home Friday night after a tough week, and she’d give me an hour to shower and pack a bag and we’d drive off somewhere and have a weekend away. Other times she’d ring and tell me she had to work late, and I’d get to home to find she’d actually left early and cooked me a special dinner. I never knew what was coming, but when I realized how much I enjoyed her surprises I started doing the same things for. "Hey big brother! Are you excited?" Lynn asked with big eyes. Nick laughed and said "We're driving for like a week to a random cabin. Staying in the cold for 2 weeks and then driving back home for another week. Sorry... no I'm not really that excited." "But we'll get to ski! And aren't you happy we'll get to spend some time together?" Came Lynn's quick retort. Nick smiled and ruffled his little sister's hair and said, "Yeah yeah we'll have fun." Lynn perked up and said, "Hey, do you want to. I'm Tom. When you've been gardening as long as I have, you'll have great tomatoes too." "What's the secret?" she asked. "Oh Stephanie, I'd have to kill you if I told you." At first she was stunned, then caught on and laughed. "So you don't give away your secrets." "Only to really close friends." "Okay, then I have my work cut out for me. How if we start by you coming over for dinner some night?" and she touched me gently on the arm. I can't tell you the power of that touch. There was a certain.