The schedule in Russia was that we left Paris late and landed in Moscow very early. It’s only a three-and-a-half-hour flight, and Moscow is only two...hours ahead of Paris. We left at 10:00 PM and arrived 3:30 AM and headed directly to the Moscow Ritz Carlton. International travel was beginning to wear on us, and we all got some sleep before heading to the Kremlin mid-morning. The formal state dinner was actually for the next evening. We would be in discussions with Putin and Kasyanov all day,. We held hands as we walked from the parking lot to the school and she gave me a soft kiss before we went inside. Inside the school, of course, there was no kissing and no hand-holding. People still looked at us as we found our lockers. My face was hot.“It’s too bad we don’t have any classes together,” Annette sighed as she leaned against the locker next to mine. “At least we have the same lunch period.”“Lunch. Oh. I forgot to bring lunch.”“No, you didn’t. Your mother handed it to me when I. The accident had been his father’s fault… he’d deliberately run their car off the road and smashed it into a tree. He’d claimed that he was trying to avoid hitting someone, but witnesses who’d stopped to help had told the police there was no one in the road! Didi put her hand on his cheek as she cautioned him, ‘Jay… don’t do anything you’ll regret. He’s a sick man and he’s also injured… don’t let your anger make you forget how strong you are! Just be careful, my love… OK?’ He closed his eyes. I think she has a lot to offer the family as a whole,” I suggested.Jan looked up at this, with an intense, interested look on her face. Grandma continued to gaze at me, and seemed to come to a decision. She nodded her head.I also saw the corner of Uncle John’s mouth twitch as if he wanted to smile, but he was soon giving me the blank look again. It really was unnerving when a Dawson did that. I didn’t like being on the receiving end of that look.“Okay,” she said, and then turned to Jan. “You.