About twenty-five yards down range, she turned and smiled at me before continuing. I offered her a little wave and knowing smile. Every guy knows the ...mportance of a ‘look back.’ It means that the girl is interested in you. As she rounded the corner at the end of the block, I turned and walked back to my car. This was Wednesday, so I had two days of anticipation before my date with this little angel. I felt like I was eighteen again with a date to the prom. I called her Thursday night early,. You can watch if you’d like.”“Yes, please!”It turned out that Nallen’s ‘work’ was being one judge for the Counsel Aneeka had mentioned at the training center - placed there by his father to get some sense of the scrapes the ordinary citizens of Londrail get into. My presence was actually to serve a purpose, a purpose Aneeka had been filling - just none too happily on the part of some of those forced to appear, given how she was no longer officially a t’Laptrour. That purpose was to be Nallen’s. I'm simply refusing you ever so kind offer," Istated as I resumed eating my cereal."C'mon, I'm only trying to help you!" she insisted."Sure you are..." I trailed off."What are the two of you going on about?" Mom asked as she came into theroom. It was strange to be up before her, but I'd woken up pretty muchat the crack of dawn on a Saturday, which was the one time I suppose shewas really able to sleep.Robin had gotten up early too."Your daughter's being impossible," Robin replied to Mom's. “You bet. But it seems every Thursday when I come to see you it rains just before I get here. Lucky your yard is a well kept place so I don’t have to work as hard.” And. He. Winked. OK. So I read much more into it than necessary, right? No. I didn’t. “Would you like something cold to drink? I am going in for a refill.” “Water is great if you can please.” He smiled. I returned a minute later and handed him the water bottle noticing that he had unbuttoned his sweat soaked shirt. His chest was.