. at this point, Jessica found it hard to imagine living without them. For as long as this door was open, she intended to make the most of it.* * *Kel...y and Kat had agreed to meet to walk over to Jessica’s together. Kat was, rather predictably, late, and Kelly was momentarily annoyed with her; but she was in a sunny, ebullient mood that made it hard for Kelly to stay mad. She also looked smoking hot in a short plaid skirt and clingy, revealing crop top. She was carrying a cardigan sweater,. " Oh, I understand that, but that leads me to the question that brought you here. Having read the police report in the course of reviewing the evidence to be presented, I noted that you had the opportunity to kill the defendant and didn't. I just wonder why. It would have saved us all a lot of time, effort, and quite bluntly, pain in the ass time."He chuckled and took another drink from his glass as he settled back to listen to Tom's answer."I'm beginning to wonder about the answer to that. He seemed a little worried about the sword pro-actively bringing me into itself.We discussed the ramifications, but came to no clear determination of what we should do about it. He again said he was trying to contact Shabasonti, but had not been successful, as of this time.Two days later, with a new plan, I was on my way to Fenoris. This time I was being led by a dragon, and I was in my dragon form. Still, it would take the greater part of a days flying to bring us to the border. We dared not. This was in the time of VCR tapes, before DVD or other technology and it was a big deal to have a tape library. They spoke of a movie they loved, something I had never heard of and now forget, and offered to lend it to me. I shrugged and agreed to watch it and at that moment their infant upstairs began to cry. The couple looked at each other – the infant was their last gasp at finding something to keep the marriage together. It’s always a mistake to bring a child into the world as a talisman.