Right now I just wanted Valerie to be close to me physically. She seemed to be as anxious for this as me.One of the really good parts of having serva...ts was that we could spend all this time together and not have to keep leaving each other to do the little jobs like cooking.I have to confess. I have taken advantage of Valerie's lack of feeling in the lower half. I have fallen in love with her feet. Nothing special about the feet themselves. Slim trim and pretty but just feet. What I have. Caroline said, jokingly, "Had a great night tonight with you two sexy guys!" "I've enjoyed it too you, sexy bitch," retorted Terry. We all laughed and Terry put his arm around Caroline and gave her a peck on her lips. I didn't think too much of it at first but they looked into each other's eyes for a long time. I laughed thinking that they were just winding me up. Then, to my surprise, they kissed tenderly.Caroline broke away first. "Steve, sorry I just find Terry so fucking sexy." Caroline had. Something is going on, and our family is being used as pawns.”“Ok, I admit that is probably true, but it doesn’t mean I haven’t been way too permissive with you kids. I’m the adult and I should have been acting more like one.”“Except I don’t think you had a choice,” Alex said from the doorway.“How is he?” Mom asked, switching gears from anxious and self-recriminatory to anxious and motherly.“He’ll be fine. Some bruised ribs and soft tissue damage. With his rate of healing, it should be cleared. Going..." Her eyes rolled back and she passed out in Kaeli's arms. The blood loss had finally gotten to her.Keith pulled one of her arms over his neck while Kaeli did likewise with the other one, and they carefully carried her to the alley where Ethan and Dorian were waiting. "You have the antidote?" Kaeli asked Ethan.Ethan produced a vial of clear liquid from his belt. "Always."As Ethan began readying the syringe, Dorian asked, "Kaeli, what happened in there? You suddenly broke off.