"Yeah, I'm fine, Dad. I'm just thinking." Nate waited patiently while Alexa mulled things over. "I don't really know what to say." Are you mad, Honey?...I wouldn't blame you if you were." No. I mean, I don't know who I would be mad at, besides Vince for being such an ass to all 3 of us." All 3 of us? Who's us, Alexa." Lizzie, Gabby and me." How was Vince an ass to you?" Well, Dad, since it's revelation time, I guess I may as well tell you. Vince was my first."Now it was Nate's turn to. "Moving so far away was one of the contributing factors keeping us from meeting. I really didn't know how devious she was until I realized it was also so I could not develop a relationship with my Dad."Also, I'm an HR Consultant. Where I live is inconsequential. All I need is a computer but sometimes I have to travel, almost at a moments notice. Often, HR issues can be handled via email or conference calls and even sometimes by video Conferencing."But there are the frequent instances where a. It was strange,seeing Edward so plainly frightened, his eyes huge and his lips quiveringdelicately. Hugh took one hand in his and started patting it, while Thomasleaned down and stayed there. There was immense satisfaction at causingsuch panic with a few well-placed words, enough to overpower concern formy friend."The changing cannot move. Do not try. Even now you are not lost. You aremerely being remade, the skeins of destiny being rewound and rewoven. Youfeel a dull itch building inside. It. ‘You were referring to that before, weren’t you,’ he whispered with his lips on her forehead. He slowly loosed his grip around her and pulled away. He watched her shiver for a moment. He ran a hand through his hair and asked, ‘When was it?’ His lips on her head had transmitted a shock down to her spine. It was too intimate a gesture and she resented it after she got over how warm it felt. She had the urge to spill every sordid detail of her life. It wouldn’t matter anyway. He wasn’t serious,.