I could use a snack, about now," I admitted."Well, come with me, and we will get you something to eat. Your status is a little up in the air, right no.... This is a first for us, to tell you the truth," Eric told me.I nodded, and groaned to my feet. I did not have to fake the stiffness I felt, as my knees creaked when I rose. I studied agent Eric Patterson while we moved through a labyrinth of halls."How do you mean?" I asked curiously."Well, normally it is 'procedure'. We get you, we treat you. But our numbers are so few. Can we afford a war? We might be talking about our own extinction here.”Hannah frowned. “Oh, I don’t know, Maddy. Perhaps it’s better to keep our dignity and become extinct. I don’t want to devolve into ... Mark?”“Yeah?”“What do you think? You and that frat guy went into mortal combat the second you saw each other. Was there no other option?”Mark grimaced. “None at all. I tried to reason with the guy first. Stanleywould have none of it.”Jada stared at her lover.. Kicking off her flip-flops as she entered, both Prescott men could see her smiling. They both smiled back. ‘I know it’s a bit late for lunch, but I took a gamble and brought some anyway,’ she said as she crossed the room to the kitchen and placed her bag on the table. Leaning over George she kissed him lightly and then began unloading the bag. She had brought soup and sandwiches from a deli near her apartment, and they all ate together talking about her life. Candy sat in George’s lap. She then cleared her throat and confessed, “I was just thinking about mom, and how much fun we had shopping. In a way I miss her, but I know she’s at peace now and not in any pain.A smile crossed Mandy’s face when she spoke. “You know something? I can see her now, looking down from heaven, pointing and whispering to the other angels, ‘That’s my girl. Oh she look’s so happy’.”Dominick’s face went white as a sheet like he was guilty of doing something wrong. “Wonder what she’d say about seeing.