She blushed slightly as she looked up and caught me examining her.Changing the subject, I asked, "What about the other girl, Airlea Chronis?"She frown...d slightly as she gathered her thoughts. "That's a whole different kettle of fish. She's not your biological child, and the only route for you is through adoption. I think you would definitely have to move to Chicago for that to happen, and get married too." She said the last with a twinkle of humor – the first I'd seen."Are you offering?" I. Definitely, something was wrong. Another excruciatingly long ten minute wait heralded the rumble of their 5:15pm train at 5:35pm. Now, the crowd was massive, more than three times its normal size. ‘For your safety,’ crackled the loudspeaker, just as the train entered the confines of the narrow station ‘please stand behind the yellow line.’ A push, a bump, and a jostle from behind, as the crowd surged ahead, Jenny stumbled forward leaning precariously and teetering on the edge of the platform.. "I'm aware of that," Benedict said.Jared slid a pen across the desk and said, "Sign all of the agreements."Benedict signed the agreements and left the office a much poorer man than when he had entered. He now had to go about the unpleasant process of establishing a new residence. It was a lot better than being completely broke.Jared put the papers together in eleven neat packets to be handed over to Karen. While putting the last one in the packet, he said, "That Karen is a fine looking woman.. She clutched her backpack tightly as she ran, knowing her passport, her only chance of leaving the country, was inside. The other girls saw her run and began shouting her name, but she paid them no mind. She knew this was her only chance.“Chin-sun!” Scott called out, waving his hand overhead.“Scott!”Chin-sun pushed her way through the crowd of people, inching closer to her hero. All other thoughts flew from her mind in those moments; all she could think of was her final escape from the.