I was told by my g/f that I was allowed to wear my coat and sweater and dress but everything had to be unbuttoned and open up for viewing. It was chi...ly so I gratefully agreed. When we got to where the cabins were we could see lots of signs of earlier activity, but we both agreed that it didn’t look like there was enough tracks that everyone had gone out. She stayed back by the truck and took pictures of me going up to the first cabin to knock on the door. Often the guys designated to cook. They laughed at her.“What has me puzzled is why Dan would ever have asked me in the first place. I’m certainly nothing like the girls he usually dates. I was wondering if maybe you had anything to do with this.”“Who me?” I said, trying to play innocent. “I would never! Dan doesn’t ask me for dating advice.”“Is that so? When I wanted to know why he was asking me out, he said that I came highly recommended by someone whose opinion he had the greatest respect for. I kind of assumed that was. Our faces were a half-inch apart. She was smiling, "I love you daddy..." She kissed me. I responded quickly, kissing her, then pulled back. "This isn't right. I, we, could stir up a whole lot of trouble doing this..." Please, daddy? I really want to, and we're both adults now, Please?"I looked her in the face. She had that look. Innocence on the verge of triumph, I kissed her.She pulled her hands out from behind her back and embraced me. "Be gentle, daddy, I've never done this before."I started. .. certain things ... hidden ... until I am ready to activate the final steps. Baron Quick will bring the ability to ensure such things ... remain locked away ... until I am ready.”“We still know almost nothing, Chancellor,” Charles said evenly. “We don’t even yet know how exactly we fit in to all this.”“You will, I promise,” the man responded. “Before this day is out ... you will...”Stutter ... Shift... Gene woke with a start to feel Lauren’s body against his, Finch cradled on her other side..