Afterwards we weren’t sure what to do. The inquest was two weeks away. He and I would go back to our respective employers but our lives were in limb... until after the inquest. We didn’t want to sit around alone in our empty houses so we decided to go to a local historic garden for the afternoon. We walked around enjoying the floral displays. On one set of steps I started to slip. Frank’s hand caught me by the elbow. Somehow our hands ended up holding for the rest of the walk. I felt that I was. ” Submissively Amy handed her phone to him. After she had done so she had second thoughts.“What are you going to do?”“I’m going to call Jim and tell him that I’ll bring you home later in the day.”“He’s going to be upset. He’ll say no.”“That’s okay but he has no say. He sent you out last night knowing what was going to happen so we’re in control now. He’ll just have to suck it up.”Amy was too shocked to respond. Oh my God, she thought, how is Jim going to handle this? Then she felt a stirring. Jared watched David as he left, then turned his attention to the young woman in front of him. ‘You’re in good hands now.’ He said, ‘David’s a great EMT. He actually is one of the trainers for the volunteer EMT’s in our county.’ Over by the truck, he could heard David calling 911 to check the ETA of the closest ambulance crew, but was too far away to hear the details. ‘It’s a good thing he’s here. If you were stuck with just me we’d both be in trouble. I barely know CPR.’ Jared smiled. That is good. There are those of great power arrayed against you. You are not ready to know their names yet. Study the Final Book carefully, and rid yourself of those humans here who are opposed to you. Your helpmate may aid you in that. When you finish this last Book, I will return, and we will decide what is ahead of you,” she told me before vanishing. I could now see that Al had been listening to what the Guardian had said.“So, you have decided to be a Dragon,” he said.“Yes, I have. Did you.