Did you hear all he said?”“Yes. Someone is not leaving anything to chance. I just hope they didn’t follow him here to meet us earlier.”“Damn...– I didn’t think of that.”“Let’s get something to eat and find an out of the way motel.”“I need to run in and pee while you’re ordering.”“I’ll pull up over here in the shadows and you can pee on the parking lot. I don’t want you out of my sight until this is over.”“Rusty! Do you think someone could be watching us?”“I doubt it, but I’m not taking any. The more complex part, I’d say, is what you do with your options once you decide on one.’ ‘Explain that?’ ‘Like, once you decide you’re starting a clinic, then you have to figure out how do you attract clients? Or in my case, how do you repel them, and which ones do you reject?’ ‘That was one of the main things the woman focused on in that Mother Jones article.’ ‘The great exposé, yes. She didn’t approve of how we did things, that’s for sure. I don’t know if I did, either. It’s very. I don't know if they listened, but a ship came."A ship! A ship!"The sirens were very excited. They were flitting around between the caves making sure everyone was ready. Several were practicing scales. Berenice came in."How do I look?" You look very nice, Berenice." Do you want to sing too, Donjeta? Maybe just a little part?" I don't have a good voice." Aw, just try. Please. For me."Each siren went to the mouth of her cave, leaning out watching for the ship. I stood next to Berenice. She had a. ‘Then we’re agreed on that,’ he said, and Dean held her hand in mid-shake for a moment, looking deeply into her emerald eyes. ‘I think that we can make it right when we get together.’ He watched the blush spread beneath her freckles on her pale complexion, down beneath her sweater, and then felt her hand warming in his. ‘Yes,’ she murmured, shifting to a quiet tone. It was a ‘yes’ to his surface question about his expense report, and as they both knew now, it was a ‘yes’ to their unspoken.