She knew she had reached his car when her knees clattered painfully against the bodywork and he pushed himself up close behind her again. His heavy ha...ds slid around her and his fingers worked at the large buttons of her raincoat. He almost ripped them loose, popping them open from the top down, kicking her long legs wide apart as he did so and pushing into the small of her back so that her belly was thrust forward and her heaving cleavage exposed lewdly as he pulled the lapels of her coat. "Well, you look a bit different, what did they do to you?" What didn't they do," laughed Paul. "First off they took measurements,I did try a skirt and top on and they seemed happy with the fit. They'regoing to get some underwear for us, that's only fair. We are nigh on thesame size so all will be well if you choose to join in. Shoes are aproblem, my feet are bigger than their daughter's." But there's something about you." Aye well that'll be the cleanse and facial they gave me, wow! What. The doctor had given me some pretty kickass drugs to combat the pain of my burned hands and various other injuries I didn’t know I’d received. A hospital counselor added a brochure on the seven stages of grief. Shock, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, testing, acceptance. I couldn’t find anything in the damn brochure about bitterness and regret. If I had known it would all end so soon... Oh god! I’d have started so much earlier.I didn’t remember anything about getting out of the burning. “Well, I wouldn’t mind talking about it,” he admitted, only to glance at Serenity. “It might be nice to get another detective’s opinion on the situation, but…” He focused on me and Gabriella again. “If I do, then nothing I say can leave this room. Granted, if anyone ever found out, I could just say I was disclosing information as part of an interrogation, even though that obviously isn’t true.”I nodded, handing a full plate to him. Nick accepted it and sat down at the table. I then gave one to.