I bade Lillian a good night and made my way to the door when she called me back.“I know I have no right to ask this, not after some of the things I ...ave done, but could you stay with me tonight?”I mulled her request over, thinking what I should do, and, more importantly, what Violet would ask me to do if she were here. Any other woman would probably tell me no way in the seven hells could I lie with another woman, for any reason. Violet was showing me more and more that she was not like. I'll tell them that they can take a bit of a breakfrom their duties, then. Aya? AYA?!"The lord shuddered at the shrill shriek, and turned to captain Oak asthe servant girl hurried up to obediently listen to the instructions ofher mistress."You must pardon us, captain. I have to take the lady outside... she'snot feeling well." He made a quiet motion of drinking to the oldsoldier, who grinned and winked."Very good m'boy. She needs some fresh air, I bet."Soon Ravenshield was leading the lady out. We decided to go have food since neither of us had eaten lunch and on the way out of the store, I spotted a display of hats. I grabbed a trilby and set it on my head.“Hey, Mom. How about this?” I asked. She turned to look at me and smiled.“I pictured you as more of a Hemingway than a Faulkner,” she said. “It will go nicely with the suit. Put it on the counter to package with the rest when the hemming is finished.”“Mom, you spent a lot of money on me today. Lots of it on things that wouldn’t. "How ya feelin' today sweetheart?"This was by far my favorite of the nurses. She was originally from Charleston, South Carolina, and had a huge Southern accent. Even the way she said "accent" was cute."Same as usual I guess..."She had an adorable smile that made you laugh. "Not too great?" I guess he's not doing any better?" I asked, nodding towards Danny.She nodded. "The doctors are still working on it."I nodded."Just another blood test ... finger prick..."I nodded, and held out my hand for.