I didn't really need the income, my other published software programs providing more than enough. Leaving the small study I walked to the living room,...pausing at the entrance. Weather was turned partly away from me towards the balcony, bent over the dining table studying a text book. Her laptop sat open and ignored on the table, a picture of my white and blue boat lazily rotating horizontally, her latest screensaver.I felt a sharp stab of fear and melancholy. Three and a half months had slipped. He is quite intelligent. It shines like a beacon from his eyes and I do believe it can cut through falsehoods like a knife through butter. He knows something happened, but most likely, he does not connect it to the bracelet. I wonder if he believes I placed him in a trance and hypnotically suggested the images he saw. Does he even know what hypnosis is? I do hope that he does not think I enchanted him. I hope his mother did not raise him to be superstitious, but who knows to what she attributed. He wanted her awake so they wouldn’t miss a second together. Doug kissed the top of her head and she snuggled into his side. He felt her slide a silky leg up the length of his calf and thigh. ‘Good morning, my love,’ he whispered. ‘You’re very beautiful today.’ Cassie laughed, a muffled sound that tickled the side of his chest. ‘I think you’re biased.’ ‘Why yes I am, but that doesn’t changed the facts.’ ‘If you say so.’ She turned and stretched long, yawning. As usual, he woke up with an. And anyhow, up here on the 26th floor of our wing of a secure apartment complex, it would be rather difficult for an intruder to break in. Under ordinary circumstances, that is."But, he was here! Right here! Just a minute ago. Right before you opened the door and came in. Oh, Jeremy, I'm so glad you're with me."She collapsed into my arms, sobbing.It was flat-out impossible. Someone had materialized out of thin air, assaulted my girlfriend, and then vanished. But, how?I've known Joe Bellamy for.