I am terrified of this." You are not ill, not with a physical sickness, and as for protecting him I think that you will find that you are starting to ...ond with him." Yasmen told the confused young Jinn.Looking up suddenly Rashala stared at her Grandmother, Yasmen could see a light appear in Rashala's eyes as she realized. "Bond? You mean I am in love with him." Rashala stared at Yasmen as if she'd been had seen a ghost. "I have never been in love," Rashala said as she started to cry. "I do not. A truly breathtaking room. Huge winding stairs running up the walls, an elaborate lift made of glass and cast iron, and an enormous bay window with double doors, leading to a beautiful, secluded garden, running all the way down to the brink of Hudson river."Good Heavens, Alexander. I didn't even know that such houses existed. It's beautiful, it's overwhelming. We can't really accept such a gift, it's too much." Don't you like it?" Like it???? It's like something out of a fairy-tale. Look at. She addressed the driver at the counter and said, “He’s quitting on us, running off to college.”“Must be nuts,” the driver said with a grin. “I’d never leave.”Abbie winked and said, “I know you wouldn’t, sugar.”“Tried everything to talk him out of it,” Mel said, stepping in close and wearing a pout.Liam had learned early on that the best way to deal with the flirting was to come right back just as strong. “Everything? I’ve been hearing this promise about wardrobe malfunctions all this time, and. She then proceeded to unzip my fly and told me to sit. I dared not re-zipmy fly. I was flooded with excitement by this brazen sexual act. I nowfelt repaid for the bit of humility required of me earlier. And yet mysubconscious was again signalling embarrassment."It is time to examine our relationship," she said and paused. Ugh-oh Ithought. This sounds ominous. Just when I thought that we might progressbeyond french kissing and light petting to the real thing. Damn. She wantssome kind of sign.