His drive had been uneventful, not anything like she had feared when she had called to try and talk him out of making the drive tonight. "We have plan...ed this too long to stop now." His answer had left no room for argument. He was not absolutely certain that it had not been a dodge on her part at the very last to bring to play a reason not to continue. He was certain, however, that this would happen, the two of them had been racing toward this moment in time all their lives.Her trip overseas. " I answered. So much for getting my mind off of Annie. "It's complicated." How is it complicated? You like her? She like you? Go for it!"Awkwardly, I tried to change the subject. "So, I finished the yard. Just, uh, let me know if there's anything you need my help with." "Really? You mean that?" She asked in a strange tone."Yeah, Aunt Trin. Anything at all." She pointed towards the front door. "A package arrived yesterday. Could you grab it and bring it upstairs for me?"The box wasn't heavy,. I was ready to take Cassie now, but Terry still had a grip on her arm. Evidently, he thought he was coming too."There they are," Cassie noticed a few minutes later. We'd made it halfway across the ballroom. Chris and both his friends were sprawled over one of the couches with a group of girls sprawled over them."C'mon," I tapped Chris on the shoulder. He looked up at me, blinked, but still hardly seemed to recognize me. Ken looked equally intoxicated, but Bobby at least appeared to be able to. "Where did he come from?"You say that HoChaRa has attacked Paxlyn Domain at least three times." Yes, sir," I itemized the three attacks. First, there was the information that at least one HoChaRa operative was in Paxlyn Domain. Second, there was the Futile Gesture and its deadly load of virus. Third was that incident at the zoo. "This is going out to the entire system, isn't it?" No," Scoo said. "Council has taken us off the grid for a while. What are we looking for? My Vix are going to look.