" She'd met Brody's family over the holidays and they'd been great. His parents had been the opposite of hers, pleased with and proud of all their kid..., no matter what they did. It had been a kick to see Brody with his nephews, and the family had been thrilled to hear that Brody's sister, Carla, was expecting. Brody's family had been a marked contrast to her own. Christmas had gone as it usually did. Her brothers came home for the semester break, and she even went back on Christmas Eve to stay. She had never so much as kissed a boy on the cheek, and here she was, stripping one. But it felt so right, and she wasn't going to question anymore.She ran her fingers gently over the various scars on his body, kissing each one as she left it. For the first time, Harry was not self conscious. His heart was pounding and his palms were slightly damp, but not with nervousness. Well, not much."Like what you see?" he asked."Oh, most definitely yes," Anne breathed, kissing the scar where Wormtail had. “Well, that could have gone worse, yes?” Zevran drawled wryly. “How do you say it, cara mia? He gives me the creeps.”I snickered. “Do you think we should tell him about me? About what I know?” I had decided I clearly wasn’t the best person to decide what secrets should be kept. I still wasn’t even sure if Loghain knew about me – one more thing to add to the list for discussion with Aedan and Alistair.No one answered, the three men sharing similar pensive looks.“I just thought, maybe if he knew. I guess it is true that without you, I neverwould have met Greg."I asked, "But you meant some of them."Eve nodded and supplied a curt. "Yes."She continued, "Anyway, so we didn't hear from you, but I know it'spossible to request that a stay at a hospital remain private. Hospitalsdon't have to divulge that kind of information. You actually have tosign a form indicating that visitors are OK and that info about yourstay can be released. Well we figured you wanted to get better first,because you.