Assuming the worst, Alexis rushed over.“Sophia, what’s wrong?”“I was just upstairs, tending to an injury,” she said with her face pale.“Oh...God… Whoever hurt the girls, I’ll yank out his spine and whip him with it!”“No, no, it’s the opposite. One of the customers was wounded.”“What happened? Did Bella have another episode?”“It was Yolanda. Everything was going fine, but apparently, when she got on top, she dropped down the wrong way, and… his thing… snapped.”Alexis recoiled in horror. “It can do. That was all Hannah knew. All right… what did she learn in the movies? If it’s big, don’t move and it can’t see you. She remained frozen to place, stiller than a goddamned statue, and stared. The moose took a step forward. The coyote yelped louder than ever. She nearly shit her pants. Something sliced the air so thin she didn’t hear it until it thunked into the skull of the moose. The animal staggered like it was drunk and was just punched in the face. An arrow stuck out from just behind its. Of course,now that you've said yes, I'm not going to make you go back and tellyour sister no, and of course we'll be able to manage. I just wishwe had talked about it first. I'm sorry." Can I make it up to you later?" Alicia smiled coyly."Of course you can," Mark smiled as he started to kiss her.Mark was at his office going through his usual routine of goingthrough papers, filling out reports, and preparing his portion ofvarious projects."Hey, Mark, I need this project done by the end of the. Sometimes when his hugs were longer than usual, she didn’t complain. His kisses were getting bolder by day. Once he reached puberty, she understood the changes boys went through and the private needs of her son.She always knocked on his door before coming in. If he felt sad or down, attacking him with kisses seemed to improve his mood every time. His favorite part of the day is when his mother prepares the food. He slowly creeps up near her and hugs her from behind, and they will laugh together.