She’d known without a doubt that Kerry loved her. She also knew that he was very reluctant to say it, not because it hadn’t been true, it had just...always been hard for him to do. As he looked at Khoe, it was suddenly all that he could do to NOT blurt out how taken with her he was right then. It was something that Kerry had never done in his life with anyone. They hadn’t known each other long enough for what he felt now. He couldn’t understand it at all, so he tried to push past it. Kerry pushed. " OK. Where are they?" In the hall closet across from the bathroom."She was off to the linen closet and back in a flash with a large towel and a small hand towel. I got up and spread the big towel on the bed where I would soon be doing my business for her to watch.She again got re-settled in the rocking chair — her feet tucked under — watching me intently. I was stalling and I’m sure she noticed. My nervousness was taking its toll. The whatever incipient erection I had had earlier, was now. Government incompetence surrounding your arrest was trumped by his errantly broadcasting that he gave a pass to a freshman football player that never saw one minute of game time during the entire school year. The local CBS station that covers your schools football games quickly found he was only on the team because they could have up to one hundred boys on the roster and they wanted to be sure to fill it out. They showed a few canned interviews from back in the fall where Martin was noted to be. ..”John smiled at her, reaching out to follow the curve of her holographic cheek with his finger. “Cheer up, beautiful! I’m sure Irillith would love to assist you, so just ask if you need her. You know you can always count on us to help.”“I do, you’re all such wonderful people...” Faye agreed, a slightly off-sounding note in her reply.He stopped walking for a moment and studied the purple girl. “Are you sure there’s nothing wrong, honey? You don’t seem your usual upbeat self. Please let me know.