"What can I say? Generally speaking, things went just the way I expected them to. So why wouldn't I be in a good mood?"I pushed my chair back from the...table, stood up and stretched, flexing my back and shoulders. I stepped out and moved around next to where Izzy was sitting. Bending down I took her chin in the palm of my hand, gently turned her face towards me and pressed my lips to hers. I linked with her and quickly shot her an infinitesimal fragment of a spark, not into her inner ring, but. I was pleased to find a letter from Jennifer in the mail when I got home. We'd written a few times. Actually, a lot of times since our Christmas cards. I'd told her some things about what I'd done that I just didn't feel I could tell anyone else because they all knew me too well and I saw them every day. I really had to tell someone about Kirby and his gang. That led to telling about the Kowalskis. I even told her that I had a painful crush on Joanne, but I couldn't go into any details about. "You can bring your friends," she said, spinning to the side and gesturing into the limo."Berto?" Lieutenant Miranda Jones asked me when the goons let her by.I nodded."Hudson County's most powerful mafioso," she said with a wince. "What could he want? He has to know the Confederacy would never let you take him." Maybe he's sponsor-level," I told her. "Some paths choose us." If he had ever CAP tested, he would be in jail. Are you going to talk like a fortune-teller to a mob boss?" she asked. "We. “All the years I wasted ... I’ll set the record straight with Monica in the morning. I promise.”“Good. Thank you.”Janet lay staring at the ceiling in the darkened room. “When you decided to come home for the weekend -- were you thinking about ... us...” Eva asked.“About us making love? The thought had crossed my mind. I’ve kind of lost the mood.”“Me, too.”“I was mainly thinking about just spending time with you, Eva.” She was still holding Eva’s hand. She brought it to her lips and kissed the.