Helen mulled the question, "Not a burly, intimidating ox like William.I was thinking someone more discreet that would melt into thebackground."Melody ...hrugged. "OK, work on it. I'm going out of town for a longweekend with Scotty, on a fishing trip. So don't give away the store."----------------Helen, rose from her chair and adjusted her skirt. Her eye glanced ather phone, no messages but the calendar blinked and Helen realized thatin a week she would 'celebrate' her twenty eighth birthday.. ”“I have to believe that even Olivia Ellison understands the idea that no means no.”Olivia doesn’t respond for a moment, but just looks at me before her smirk slowly comes back onto her face.“She does. But I won’t be forgetting you any time soon, Emma King. And I’ll see you in two weeks,” she finally says.She reaches into her coat pocket and pulls out a card that she hands to me.“My personal number is on there. Feel free to use it,” she says with one final smile before turning around and. Let us become friends and let Sandra become lovers with him.”We ended the evening eating in peace and enjoying the meal. I told grandmother not to put Sandra’s and my love into the graveyard yet. She smiled and kissed me on the cheek. Was that the kiss of death, or was that the kiss of something that is yet to come?I focused on Sandra so I could listen to her. Her Grandmother called and told her of our conversation but Sandra was still furious that I wasn’t responding to her requests to come to. Any other day that would have been a good thing. She paid him and when she came back she was escorting Bob, who was carrying the hot boxes, into the dining room. I saw Dad start to ask a question but Mom put her hand on his and we all sat down. Once everyone was settled and eating Allison nodded at me and I started."Okay, the first thing that you need to know is that there is a lot going on and it will take time to bring you up to speed on all of it. Please, if you will be patient, I think that.