Greg"Well that was surprise and quite welcome. It took a lot of pressure off me, having to come up with the cash to buy Michelle out by the beginning ...f the year. So I answered him with my thanks and best wishes for the holidays.Well the expected phone call to join Red at Doc Wetzel's office never came. Instead Red called to meet her at her parents place for dinner.Dinner was a nice, just the four of us and after Dan and I put the dishes and left-over food away we all went into his study and. The most opportune time to take off and disappear into the wastes of Black Mountain would be winter, or rather just before a harsh winter set in and prevented travel to those parts. Late autumn, with a weather forecast of arctic weather to come, would be my signal to travel to Brecon and catch the Brecon-Llandovery bus — restricted time table during autumn/winter months, which I would need to check. Parking the vehicle in Brecon would create a problem, and I hit on the idea of driving the. ”“Maybe, I guess. A couple times.” Talia remembered a few times bumping into her previous roommate coming out of the bathroom after a shower, or glancing through a partially open door whilst putting on a shirt, that sort of thing. No big deal. But she was living with her brother now, not that she wanted to tell Chuck that, he’d really think she was weird then. So, once again, she went along with his assumption and answered as if her roommate was another female.“I suppose, I mean, sure, why not”. Something she sensed."I mean, you're an elemental. A really strong one. But you're not any kind of elemental I've ever seen before. And I thought I had seen them all." Angel explained, apologetically.The woman smiled a little, and nodded an acknowledgement of the apology."Oh, God." Angel exclaimed. "I'm doing it again. Come in, come in." She held the door open for her visitor. As she entered, Angel's parents came and introduced themselves. She returned the favor, inviting them to call her.