”Beverly stood up and walked over to Polly. Taking Polly’s glass, she put it on the table. She took Polly’s hands in hers and moved close to her... close enough that Polly could feel her breath on her cheek and smell the wine on her lips. “Would you like me to kiss you?” “Yes,” Polly said, blushing a little. Beverly leaned forward. Smiling, she took Polly’s face in her hands and brought her lips slowly to Polly’s. Their mouths opened and they fell into a deep embrace. Beverly took Polly’s hand. ”“How can she do that?” I wondered before remembering that my Aunts could do the same thing. I put it down as a woman thing, at the time.I had only just finished the dishes and my coffee, when Maureen appeared again dressed in comfortable slacks and a blouse with a pair of athletic shoes on her feet. They appeared to be very comfortable, but was she going to wear them to register at the Residence Inn Chelsea, I wondered?“Are you going to wear those to the hotel?” I asked.“Certainly, but this. He watched Zax holding the earring shaped communicator and expounded on the device. “It’s not your typical violet stone”.It was round and its size tinier, which meant that it had a short range, so how could Zax think of it as better than the one he already had?“Wear it. I removed the restriction so be sure to activate them after instilling your soul energy”.Zax followed the instruction. Placed his old communicator in his spatial ring, at the moment he could only commune with Fengar and his. I was hurt that you left me. I convinced myself it was only Star whom you loved.”“Did you know that Blaze and Speeder both check the path every year at the start of spring to see if you were coming home? They wanted Darcy to go and get you as much as I did. Martin despite our differences, I have loved you since the day we met too.”“You were such a loving father even though your children were Dogs. Even Chaser couldn’t believe how much time you spent with Speeder when you were here. At least I.