.. do we?" Her face looked very elfin at that moment. My thoughts were not on Jane at all. "I'll tell you all... later." Uh, Robin, would you care to ...o out with me this evening? Dinner... then however you would like the evening to go after that?" Yes. Let's not be too formal... we may find some 'interesting' places." The way she said interesting... and I could think of Robin as nothing else but a girl... indicated to me that this might be a rough evening."Uhm... come armed, you mean?" No, I. "Whoa." The friends hugged, "I didn't tell dad you were coming, and he doesn't know that I know. So just act natural, okay." Hey Dad, look who I tracked down today. It's JJ."Frank nearly dropped the bottle he was opening as she saw his daughter and his lover standing arm in arm. "Jessica, what a wonderful surprise. How are you?" I'm great Mr. B. How are you? Bet you're happy having Cindy home." Jessica was standing slightly out of Cindy's vision as she leveled a lusty leer at Frank that slowly. ”(I’ll spare you the discussion that followed – who was going to be first affirmative and who was going to be second negative, whether they’d be in any switch-sides tournaments, cross examination tournaments, who else might be coming out for the team, and what that year’s topic was – this isn’t a story about high school debate, after all, as fascinating as that subject is.)“Well, I think we’ve made a pretty good start. You four will be the core of the group and I think I can count on you to. His movements were erratic due to his injuries, but soon enough, Viriel slipped over the horizon.Just then, a thunderclap rumbled through the sky and cold rain began to fall.I kept my eyes on the spot where Viriel had disappeared. When I was sure that he was gone, I teleported away from my killing field, and back to the manor.-Cariel-Shame.That was all I could feel. It burned hotly in my veins.Through my hair, I could see Alarial standing in the doorway. Her face was a masterwork in conflicting.