We are tuned to each other’s frequency and people accept that. I don’t ask for dates because I wouldn’t want you left alone.’ I hoped my tone ...nd words were correct. I wanted my sister to keep smiling. Cherie lifted her head, looked at me and smiled, ‘Tonight it is wine and no business. Let our hair down and get silly. You up for that? ‘Silly it is. How silly, one bottle silly, two?’ Giggling, Cherie said, ‘Drunk silly, three, maybe four. No business tonight!’ We reached home in just a few. Let me talk about Elspeth." She took the girl's arm and gave it a congratulatory squeeze. Elspeth gave a gratified nod of acknowledgment."You know," said Laura reflectively, "colleagues often told me that one of the humbling things about teaching at a place like Cambridge is that, no matter how good you are, sooner or later you'll have a student cleverer than you. I always pretended to agree with them, but to tell the truth it was false modesty on my part because I didn't want to sound. We agreed to return to New York after Christmas and Dawnenthusiastically agreed to our invitation to stay with us over the shortChristmas break."It'll be really nice staying over here. My parents died this year withina few months of each other so there's not much to keep me over the pond.Christmas won't be the same without them." What about your sisters and their children," I asked."It's the same for them as well. All of us three sisters used to stay atmoms over Christmas and it was a fabulous. I did my best to visit Jessica every day as she spent more time getting well and strong again. She gradually got to a more healthy weight and previously her painfully thin body filled out, becoming more and more beautiful. Thanks to the healing powers of a bio-elemental we both regained our voices and it was a surprise to both of us to hear each other talk, having grown used to the mental voice. We still talked quite a bit via Jessica's telepathy since we liked the intimacy.When Jessica was.