The nurse interrupted. ‘I’m going to call your mother, Ana. She needs to pick you up so that this doesn’t spread. I’ll have her bring some ex...ra clothes as well.’ With that, she left, striding quickly into her office. Ana stared at the man, studying him. He stared back, shrinking a little under her gaze. She seemed to be looking through him, and suddenly he felt bare. ‘You look like you’ve just finished college to me…if I were you, I’d be careful,’ she warned. James stiffened. How did she know. Therefore I began making excuses as to why he wasn’t around anymore, when in angered truth I didn’t know myself. The lies were comforting, but even I knew they wouldn’t restrain the agony running ramped through my veins, like a hurricane just below the surface. The world and I have never come to an agreement, it kept spinning when I had long since been thrown off. Regardless of my rough exterior, a friend came through. Offering the stone cold theory that James was my drug, and I was literally. Grace picked up a brush and tried to run itthrough his hair, but - no luck. "Listen, sweet cheeks," she teased, "Ithink we need to start with a shampoo, some conditioner and I'll use adetangler on your hair. Come on, put your head in the sink for me."As she brought the water to the appropriate temperature, Grace asked,"How often do you condition your hair, honey?"He shrugged and told the truth, "I never used conditioner before lastnight." Well, that needs to change. If you're going to have long. I will defer to your judgement." Lucie could only stare at the visage of Sherry. "I didn't mean to upset you." Lucie said upset herself. "You didn't Miss Hartwell, I was just eager to recover another sister. There are so few of us right now that any addition is a happy circumstance. We have all watched as brothers and sisters have fallen, our numbers, growing smaller and smaller. It wasn't 'til this emperor that we had any hope of seeing them again. Now with you helping that may happen faster.