” “Main raaste men kha kar aaya hoon, kuchh khilaana hi hai to ek baar apna husn khila do na, main bahut dino se tumhaare liye tadap raha hoon.”...Aur usne mujhe apne baahon men jakad liya. “Are sabra karo jab tum aa hi gaye ho to ji bhar ke kar lena, abhi koi aa gaya to lene ke dene pad jayenge.” “Jo bhi ho ab to mujh se bardast naheen ho raha hai, please ek baar kar lene do, please.” Aur phir usne mere choochiyon ko masalna shuru kar diya. Or mere gaalon aur honthon ko bhi chumta ja raha tha. . Ashley was 24, so being 6-years older than Alex and leaving for college at the age of 17, and now in medical school, Ashley had never spent too much time since that time with Alex or at the family house she was so busy with school. She did come home for a few Holidays, but even then she was always out with friends. As a result, Alex and his sister weren’t particularly close.Ashley, Fay, and John were just yapping away about medical school, how little they’d seen her, how much they missed her,. More than once she thought she heard Reynard’s name howled upon the wind and memories of him clawed at her mind, the pain as real as the gouges from the thorns but embedded deeper. She wondered if he was missing her. Dismissing such preposterous thoughts, she stumbled on. Windswept, drenched and exhausted, she reached the tumbled stone wall and paused to catch her breath. There were no lights through the trees behind her anymore. The storm was blocking visibility or the party had ended. Either. Jase just looked amused as Eddie and I momentarily had trouble looking at each other." 'Morning, Rory," Eddie managed to get out. "Um... what are you doing up?" He made breakfast," Jase pointed out as he sat down across from me. "It's good, too," he added with a smile."Thanks, Rory," Eddie said as he went to fix his own plate. "This is really great. I don't have much time this morning."Jase looked at me curiously, probably wondering if I was going to ask Eddie if I was going with him. I didn't.