"Are you ok? Did they hurt you?" Poppy began to bombard him withquestions which the boy calmly ignored until she let go of him andallowed him to sit ...own.He looked around her apartment and studied it. It had been a long timesince he had been here and he had expected that his sister would havemoved into a well-appointed condo, not still be in this one bedroom flatin a low rent apartment block. He might be a kid but he knew that hot-shot legal eagles didn't live in tenements.Robert explained. As I said I see her in this state everyday of my vacation. I can always feel my flag post hoisting itself as I walk down the corridor seeing her sitting in her usual position at the bathroom entrance which had a two step elevation. Her wet Saree would be enveloping and caressing her wet upper body. Down below she would have her Saree and petticoat rolled and tucked into her waist revealing her legs thigh deep.Then came the trinkets of water that looked like they were hanging on for life and. I'm very sorry," from a VERY contrite Donna.It would've been ironic for Donna to let that piece of information slip, given that the entire purpose of this run was because it was too dangerous to test Ava with that exact knowledge, it being one of of my "Big 3" secrets: Carol, NP and blobs. I'm not counting the BIG, "End of Human Civilization" secret. That's so secret it's NEVER going to be on any list. I made a mental note to read Donna the riot act for her almost-slip at the first opportunity,. ’ After the miserable time I had being alone last year during Christmas, I would have went with my girlfriend to her daughter’s house this year, but I wasn’t even invited to her daughter’s house, probably because I didn’t go last year. I can’t help but feel as Doctor House does on House when he’s running around the hospital begging invitations to holiday functions. ‘Hello, Mike, how are you? It’s Joe…from high school. I was in your gym class 30 years ago. Anyway, I was just wondering what your.