Having felt her hand on his, he was feeling warm.Without looking up at her, he forced himself to say what he had come to say. “I was hoping I could ...ust take a minute and ask you if some time you would like to go out with—”Jackson stopped speaking when he noticed that Katie was standing next to him now. His jaw dropped open and he couldn’t talk as she took his hand.“I insist,” she said sweetly as she led him to Exam Room 3. Once they were in, Katie shut the door. She grinned, seeing that. "We would all be better off if we remembered that. He represents the entire Guild and not just himself or one faction within it."Katla Q'yoona glanced at the others and sighed when she saw they were not mollified by Q'kollan's words. The Mage Elders had been content to work with Uroddus as Guildmaster, but this had apparently been a step too far. Now some were wondering if they could have survived another few more years under the old Guildmaster's rule."He could have at least chosen a better. "Hey Grandpa, did you get those toon cards I ordered?"As it turned out, Kaiba did find a clause that we hadn't noticed that said if we broke up as a couple, we were out of the job. And he pointed out that the way the finances were structured, in the short-term, Mai and I would make a lot of money, but the longer the deal continued the less we'd get. He made a couple of suggestions as to how to fix both issues. And it was Kaiba who read the contract. He tried to tell me that his attorney looked. ’ It didn’t register for a few moments, and when it did Stella felt the blood drain from her face. Kirk Matthews! It had to be the same Kirk because he’d been studying architecture. ‘Are you okay,’ Nick asked, ‘you’ve gone quite pale.’ ‘What? er…yes I’m fine. It must be the relief at getting Venture on board.’ ‘Never known you to react so strongly before,’ Nick grinned. ‘Abrahams has called a meeting for 10-30 Wednesday next week. Take a look at the contract and watch out for the detail,.