Each morning when I heard her get up I’d hope mum and dad weren’t around and wait by my door, listening. She’d walk to the bathroom, close the d...or and a few seconds later I’d hear the shower go. After washing herself, always with the radio blaring pop music, she’d wrap a towel round her damp body and one round her hair and head back to her room clutching her t-shirt in her hand. When she closed her bedroom door to dress, I’d rush to the laundry basket in the bathroom, pick up the panties she’d. They were innocent, and, and not a threat." She finallyanswered.An hour later she was finishing her first bull when Adrian arrived with mycar."You did good keeping her under control," he said."It wasn't me Adrian. She did that on her own." I answered him honestly."Yes well I hope you plan to keep her out of school until you are positiveshe can handle it." Adrian, you need to talk to James. But I think she will be ready forschool sooner than you think," I motioned to where she had followed. Uh, would you mind if I stole Jonathan for a bit?"Vivienne blinked, not quite understanding the phrase. "'Stole'?"Cassandra winced and then tried to explain. "I need to speak with him, in private. It's ... This is really important to me."At first, Vivienne pouted. I knew I wasn't spending nearly enough time with her as she might have wanted, let alone what she'd become used to over the previous month. But at the same time, she understood just how important Cassandra was to me. "Perhaps I could. Helev Hetra nodded. “It is now depends on luck and decisiveness. Worst case scenario, the five powers and other prominent, notorious parties will have a confrontation”.Boolian snorted. “Other parties aren’t worth mentioning. Except from the Mercenary Association and one or two other parties, none would have the strength nor be gutsy enough to fight with us over a dark attribute’s essence!”Helev Hetra smiled awkwardly, half for interpreting from the conversation’s flow that Boolian consented to.