“He met with several of our scribes before he stole the memory crystal, but none of them saw him port. We detected a port away from the library, but...it might not have been him, we simply assumed it was when the scribes raised the alarm.”“Wasn’t Atomus, but possibly another accomplice,” Morgana nodded.“All we got from the cap was that Atomus got a message to impersonate Clarence and keep out of our reach for as long as possible. I don’t think Clarence expected Atomus to fall into the clutches of. My parents and Stacy’s already knew that we were dating at this point but thought nothing much of it other than just innocent young love, naive old people they were. Stacy’s parents knew that she would be over at my place most of the time and her not being very close to them helped because they wouldn’t even notice if she wasn’t home for days because she was either at a party or keeping to herself in her room. The day my parents left Stacy was over and we were watching some random boring thing. ’ After that, Shadrach just sat there in silence for another couple of minutes, and then he said: ‘I think that might be enough for today. You lads run along. I think I need to go and have a sleep.’ The following year, I won a scholarship to Eastwoods. The school year began at the beginning of September, and the first mid-term break — my very first Exeat Weekend — coincided with Halloween. When the bus dropped me off at the top of the lane, I almost thought that I could smell the spicy aromas. But you've never answered my question, why are you being so nice to me now, after years of hating..." I hesitated, and finished lamely, "of not wanting to know about... everything like this."The Maitre d' called out "Jackson, party of two," and Monica said, "That's us. Or strictly speaking, that's you, Andrea. Andrea Jackson, isn't that sweet? Easy to remember, too. I'll keep my married name of course, and Andrew will too whenever he needs a name, but Andrea needed a new name. Do you like it?.