What did you guys run out of milk or something?" replied Joe. "No, just want to get some stuff for breakfast. I'll be back soon," Drew answered him. D...ew left the building and walked the few hundred meters down to the supermarket in the fresh morning air. The city was a lot quieter and there were hardly any people around this early on a Sunday morning. The store had only just opened as he took a basket and searched out the bakery. He selected two packs of four croissants and a loaf of sourdough. “Have you tried that before?”She shook her head. “Uh-unh.” He watched her ribs heave, but her breathing was slowing. “It’s not working,” she said.“Let’s give it a chance.”She reached down and grasped his hand. “You’re getting tired ... and you’re getting frustrated.”“No, I’m not.”“Yes, you are. I can feel it, Ron -- and it’s interfering with my ability to respond.”Ron withdrew his fingers. April rolled away from him and pulled the sheets over her shoulders. “Now you’re angry with me,” she said.. Charlie embraced Tiff and stroked her back until she recovered well enough to face our classmates and claim our bags and things.Ms Duncan was waiting to get us alone to find out what that was all about. Tiff waved me off so I left her to explain after the lesson ended. Tiff was probably going to be economical with the truth.The taxi was waiting for us just around the corner from school. Tiff looked up and down the street carefully, checking nobody was watching us as we got in. I had been. M: So who was that outside?J: Him? That’s Rohan, Shila’s personal assistant. He thinks he’s the boss of us. He flew back earlier than her because his teen brother got in trouble with some of his friends. You should have heard the sirens of the police taking them away.M: So if I talk to him, I’d get better info about Shila.J: Oh baby, your charms won’t work on him. He is a faggot. He even hit on me twice, but I rejected him. That’s why he hates me.I was getting tired of his narcissism, but I.