I gave her a kiss on the cheek. “I’ll get you a glass of ginger ale, and let you rest.”When I returned, she appeared to be asleep. I considered ...limbing next to her but thought better of it assuming she needed to rest.I tried to watch TV but I ended up just pacing or restlessly sitting. I’ve never seen Beth like this in all the years I’ve known her. I was scared. I prayed she wasn’t coming down with something serious. I kept checking on her and she just slept. I felt her forehead almost every. 'The other girls were shocked at the force in Kelli's voice; it was obvious she was very serious about this so they all agreed.Kelli started as the others went quiet, 'mid way through my last trimester at high school I got into trouble, and no not pregnant, it was with the school authorities. One of them, I am not saying who, blackmailed me into taking a specific punishment otherwise I was going to be expelled.''The punishment was very, very humiliating and degrading, this is the big part I am. .. and realized she was thinking multiple things at once.She had been thinking about how much her chest hurt, how much she fucking hated her life, and how much she had wanted to buy a new pair of shoes. That last thought had felt like hers, at first. Only later did she realize ... it had been the thoughts of Brandi, the other Hunter who had been chosen in the fleeting moments between her death and her return.Two Hunters. It had seemed so promising, at the time.Hopefully, this time will work out. ”Holly tilted her head slightly, a soft look on her face, “Your wife is a very lucky woman, Gene. I hope she remembers that after so many weeks with another guy at her side.”“Huh?”Holly shrugged, “Just saying ... You and me, we’ve had our thing, right? Not really going to be a shock to find out she and O’Leary have gotten close, too...”“Hmmm.” Gene hadn’t exactly considered that idea. There was only a small, temporary pang of jealousy in that thought, a sensation he’d felt a time or two during.