I was fruitlessly trying to come up with ways to test it. I did some animal testing, but I didn’t know what I was looking for. Changes in brain chem...stry was not something I could find with a high school microscope. I had briefly thought about destroying the potion at one point, especially considering how hard it was for me to avoid playing with Beth’s mind. If a government got wind of it, they could rule the world forever. I knew, morally and ethically, that I should destroy all the samples. During the night I had shifted and found myself pressed against the chill pane of the window, huddled into the blanket for what warmth was to be had. Squinting my eyes, as they adjusted to the light streaming into the room, I searched out the fire and found that it had burnt itself out in the night, as I slumbered fitfully in the dream of snow. Snow! I dressed quickly, putting on my warmest clothes and bustled myself to the doorway, where I stood entranced for many long moments, simply. Whenever he wrapped his arms around me, I’d melt into him and become the sweet little girl I once was, but what else would you expect, he is my daddy after all, and we share a very special relationship. Most people notice it right away, how close we are, if only they knew how close we get, I wonder what they would think then?One of our favorite things to do together is to go see a matinee on Sundays. We love to watch movies of any type, comedies, horror, sci-fi, romance; it really doesn’t. . We need to eat, though.”“Next intersection that has restaurants, choose something,” I said.“No, you choose.”“Whatever. You’re gonna argue, then I’ll choose. Not like there are a lot of choices.”Actually, there were a few choices. I pulled up Yelp on his iPhone. “Not the next intersection. The one after that. Mexican. I desire cheese dip.”I got my cheese dip. We split an order of fajitas. There was a certain tension in the air, though. I think we both sort of rolled out some words and were.