Ivan was a fantastic big brother to her: He loved to hold her and sing to her in Russian. I almost forgot, and this is interesting, his pictures of Be... and the wolf lady went back to looking like a child's stick drawing. And the pictures he had already drawn that looked so realistic somehow disappeared.Both Zarika and Yasmeen were back at the cabin, as much as I disliked it. I couldn't bring it in my heart to send them away, not after Ben had saved both of them. Zarika wasn't bad since she. . “Oh Julia. Come here, my love,” Master said calmly. Think of the eye of a storm, the calmest part. That was Master. Slowly, painfully, Mistress Julia turned, retracing her steps, going back to the foot of the stairs. I held my breath. Something didn’t feel right. Where was Ceres, you ask? In her room, sleeping like a log, probably with her headphones on, all outside sounds being blocked. Like a baby she was cranky when she didn’t get her nap in. I felt the need for one myself. After I got off, I thought about it some more. I put the stuff from what happened on the bus into my fantasy!"The next day on the ride home I was standin' in the same place. It jus' worked out that way. Then I felt it again. This time the hand was rubbin' on me a little, not just stayin' in one place. I didn't do anything but keep standin' there like I didn't notice. Whoever it was took their hand away and then I felt it on my leg! They moved up my bare thigh and then put it back on my ass. Material storage would be racked and still take up half the floor space available. When full production was achieved we would know our capacity and it would determine our future in the building.Kevin, Georgette and I were commuting to Union City almost everyday. He was interviewing candidates for our welding shop. Qualified welders were in short supply and it was going to be a costly part of our labor bill."There are a couple of possible solutions," Kevin began as we sat around our makeshift.