His eyes had not left my face, and the tension between our wordless conversation was growing. Words poured out of my mouth, with no control. “ I …... don’t really know why I’m here.”, I stammered. Oh god, I probably sounded really ignorant. But to my delight he only grinned, which made his face light up in a way that gave him a boyish look. His voice lowered as his lips met my neck, “I know why you are here.” At that moment lips brushed over my skin, and a hot tongue flicked across my flesh. My. .”“Not in any way. Don’t think that. Ever. You are a man I admire and care deeply for and we’re going to leave it at that.” She stood, held my forearm and squeezed with her fingers. “I’ll be back for you in the morning, Mr. Buckley. Try to get some rest tonight.” Click, click, click, she left, with those telltale high heels signaling her departure.“What a mess.”“Not unless you make it one, you, grumpy old fart.” I must’ve been thinking out loud and here’s Nurse Ratched, hearing every word, with. Stevie and Sheena'sglyphs had glowed red.Jas wondered what the different colors signaled. Then it occurred to herto to see if Melissa had a store of mana.Of course she did. She was swimming in it. Red mana.Jas performed a healing spell, of sorts. She armored Melissa's feet andblunted the pain. The nanites were already hard at work, healing her.Melissa made less noise as she walked after that. The red caps visiblyrelaxed.Jas did the same for her own feet. She checked the red caps. They werealso. "And with that the Escalade was mobile. The colored lights of The Strip were a beautiful sight as they were whisked southward to the sounds of everything that made Las Vegas feel alive on a Saturday night. Soon the vehicle pulled up to the valet and the bellman opened the door. "Welcome back sir, I trust you had a delightful evening?" he said. "Yes we did," John replied offering Amy his hand to assist her out of the vehicle. "Thank you."John and Amy sauntered gracefully through the lobby to.