At least until last night.”“She told me what happened last night. How she first cried out your name, then John’s. It shook her to her very core....Did she love you, did she love John?“But I think somewhere, way in the back of her mind, she was also thinking that if she actually didn’t love John, did that mean she didn’t really love you?”“Gloria, I had no idea. I should never have let it get that far. We pushed too far, too fast,” I started.“Sam, in the past month or so I have seen Jessie come. I could hear the air suck in, watched her hold it, and heard it expel. Now, Heck. Do it now.I returned the cuffs to the case on my belt and retrieved the waist chain instead. Quietly, I slipped it around Mom's waist and secured it, then adjusted the integrated cuffs so one was at the top of each hip. Gently, I lifted each arm in turn and snapped the cuffs around Mom's wrists. Mom waited, arms held beside her hips as if poised to push her hands into her pockets. I let her wait for another. I dressed quickly and began a search for my beautiful host. I found her in the kitchen preparing breakfast consisting of bacon and eggs, whole wheat toast and freshly squeezed orange juice. I gave her a kiss on the cheek and said good morning.“Good morning to you, lazy bones. I’ve been up for over an hour; I thought I was going to have to eat alone.”“Well if someone hadn’t kept me up so late; not that I’m complaining mind you, I would have been up sooner.”“Yes, it was good wasn’t it? I could. Ashe searched making sure to not wake him he made several startling discoveries, firstwas the medicine, the second was the fact that it had been the doctor who had infected Natasha's mother and sister. The third fact was that he HAD cured them as they would have died in stasis. Searching further he found that the doctor was the only one that could awaken the abilities of others with the drug and radiation.The only thing he couldn't find was where they had been taken. Thinking harder.