"I thought you were gone for good! When I took you home I felt the longing in you to stay there." Hanging his head Alan whispered, "I thought you'd be...happier there than here with me. Alright! Yes damn it! I missed you that bad ok?"Hopix couldn't believe what she'd just heard, Alan had missed her? Why? She was just a simple Fairixie, trying to do her job for the council, to save as many as she could before Alan was either tired of the job or was killed. Just the fact that he'd freed her planet,. Both assailants were dead by this time, so there was not much to be done. Housekeeping had the most work to do because they had to clean up the piss and shit dumped by the two dead assailants.The hotel manager, himself, showed up to apologize again and again, ad nauseum. He assured us that heads would roll in the Security Department over this incident; meanwhile, the rest of our stay at the hotel was on the house. Damn, that was going to amount to somewhere in the range of $75,000 lost to the. Me 'straight' from work, herfrom a day's conference. I was wearing the stockings and suspenders shehad bought me, all day, because she told me to and I didn't dare not.I got there early and waited. When she arrived, wearing all black asusual, she looked straight through me until she sat opposite and said,'I'm glad you've done as you were told, get me a drink.'We talked about nothing in particular, killing time, waiting for theright moment. Timing is everything. 'Let's go, I need to take you. M. de Villefort pressed his hand upon his brow, which, at first pale, had become red and burning; then he suddenly arose and looked around as though he had lost his senses--he wanted air."Are you looking for anything, Mr. Procureur?" asked Benedetto, with his most ingratiating smile. M. de Villefort answered nothing, but sat, or rather threw himself down again upon his chair. "And now, prisoner, will you consent to tell your name?" said the president. "The brutal affectation with which you have.