It was “Phil.” He cared about people. He worried about people. That was what it was. He cared about her, she realized. Even though he probably sho...ldn’t bother, it didn’t stop him. She felt an even warmer feeling in her stomach.“Do you want to get some clothes for tomorrow?” Phil asked as he sat back down in the car. “Or do you want me to bring you back later?”“No!” Hailey said. “I mean, yes.”She let out a long breath.“I’m confused, Phil,” she confessed. “I know where I want this to go. I just. Dr. Dalton's taking the USR communications out for half a day scares me because Capitallia is vulnerable too. A man named D. H. James wrote a book on emergency management infrastructure. He recommended bringing back archaic communications systems as back-ups even though the systems contemporary to 2100 were robust and reliable. The USR is using those modern systems of the year 2100 and they failed. Capitallia brought back the old ham radio system based on the Boy Scouts of Capitallia and their. She entered and knelt to give the alpha a lingering, firm hug. "Is your bitch behaving better today?"A television dog would have barked then, either with approval or disdain. Kane merely tilted his head and accepted deep scratching around his neck and behind his ears.My trainer looked up at me, "Has he eaten?"Self-confidence fled me. "I-I wasn't sure- I mean I was about to-"She shook her head at me, always disappointed. "Have you eaten?" Not yet. I mean, I had a sandwich at lunch and a salad. "He nearly jumped out of his skin when Christine's voice sounded from directly behind him and he felt the luscious curves of her body press against his back."Erik ... do you realize that you are the only person that has ever been able to make me lose my temper? I am trying very hard not to hiss and spit and stomp my foot in frustration right now, but I believe that even if I did, it would do no good. Sometimes, I really do not understand you. Do you remember the first time we met and we called.