.." She said, and the girls nodded. "Pretty much the point." Roxy told her. Yumi figured it was kind of a stupid observation."Were any of you planning...on going?" Yumi asked, and watched as the girls looked at each other. "Well, we were invited to go." Maddie said, and Yumi kind of understood why they were trying to keep it a secret from her. "We weren't sure if you were ready for something like this." Maddie said, and Yumi nodded. "I understand. You should have just told me." She said, and. He spent every waking second with the book andneglected his body and health entirely." Did everyone who found this book have an obsessive personalitydisorder?" Ryan asked. He was beginning to wonder if he would wind upthe same way. Gaunt, forgotten, and babbling to himself while attemptingto discover every last buried secret in the tome.His Dad shifted in the chair, he was obviously growing uncomfortablewith being the storyteller, or perhaps he was getting the sweats fromfinally sobering up a. "I don't think so, Gretchen. I have the time but I don't know that we have that much to talk about.", I stated flatly. I wasn't all that interested in being polite with the woman that destroyed my life. I knew she would persist but she was going to have to work for it.I heard a soft sigh and then, "Please Michael, I really would like to talk to you and I'll ... I'll buy the coffee." I stared blankly at her for a moment and then relented."All right. But call me Mike. I don't go by Michael. The voluminous garment had gone although she still wore the hijab. She was dressed in a simple long smock, which conformed, to her body, proving that she was quite slim and very shapely. I did not remark on this revelation. "I won't be long, Samira."She waited until I had tidied all the papers. She then took a big breath. "Clem, I was so sorry when I heard that Chrissie had died. From the things that others said you two were a perfect match." I thought so too, Samira. I still miss her.