I told her,” you to need to give me all the money, otherwise, she will send to jail”.She told me that she had nothing with her. I told,” I need ...o check” and asked her to keep her hand up and move her legs to a V shape.I came behind her and touched her navel first, she got scared and asked what was I doing. I told her,”if you speak a single word also I will call the police. You must be silent till I check you fully.”She started crying and I told her,” I should not listen to any sounds”. She was. ‘What does it look like? It’s a kid, you said you always wanted one didn’t you?’ A sly grin plays on his lips as Mario waits for the exaggerated reaction he knows is coming. ‘A kid? A Kid! That isn’t a kid! It’s a street urchin! It’s dripping with filth! How could you bring something like that in to our house?’ Mario hold up his hands and waves them down in a subtle manner as he tries to get the woman to quiet down, knowing the young kid is hearing every word. ‘Shut up would you? He’s right. It was one of the best cookies she made, except for the Snickerdoodles. Those were her best sellers. She took pride in her work and loved the delicious comments she got from the locals about each baked good or dish. To her this was a new start as well. Her thoughts were interrupted when the front door bell chimed and she ran to the counter to wait on her first customer of the day. There he stood before her and she immediately flushed a bright crimson. She smiled a nervous smile and asked, ‘May. Into the ensuing silence as that morsel was digested came the muted conversation between Orville, Cedric and Derrin. Absent cerebral cortices into which the Companions could tap, Derrin had to rely upon speech or electronic connections to receive information. Clare had caught a bit of the conversation and politely invited them to share their thoughts causing a short embarrassed silence which was broken by Derrin."We were discussing my origins and how, when you ... ah, found(?) me, I was being.