You will be safe with him. I must tell you something even Gary does not know." Yes?" When Leah leave... you know Leah?" Yes." When she leave, she say ...o me, she say, 'Nica, you tell him, is not his fault.' I never get the chance to say to him this." Why not?" Ah, this and that. We not go to the last couple of parties. Before that, Gary not come." So you haven't seen him in a while?" Oh, no. We see him last week. We buy a horse. Gary is getting a good, how you say... reputation for horses. He. " He pointedly looked at Marcus — who froze, uncertain of how to react — and Shawna, who raised an eyebrow at the implicit criticism. "You're happy, though, and you have good friends around you, so I've got all the reassurances I came here for." The rest of the packing and the goodbyes took another half-hour, and by the time they were loading up the car Elspeth and Brianna had returned to lend a hand."Well, it was nice to meet you all," Mr Nakata finally declared, Emily safely ensconced in the. ”“Football!?”Bruce laughed, “Yeah, you know ... welcome to foot ... BALLS!”“OHHH OWWWW...” The four of us guys moaned loudly.Sheila was shrieking, “Maggie, you go girl! I hope you didn’t hurt your foot?”Maggie giggled, “Not nearly as bad as his balls. We’ll never have to worry about Marek having any more kids, I’ll guarantee that!”Sheila and Joni were both laughing when TJ flashed, “I was just telling Charlie, Rex and Jeremy, that Franklin’s Congressional Confirmation hearing just got moved up. Hethen thanked her for her services and began replacing her rings. But, thethird ring he laced into her labia was the first of the Rings. She looked atit and said, "Oh, that looks nice..." but she got on further. A whirlwind took them both and shook them violently. Disorientation andnausea came, then receeded. And as the world slowed and then settled, Haleknew triumph. He now looked down at his body sitting slack in the wheelchair he hadseldom left in 15 years. The body looked grey.