..For a brief moment, I came to love that stranger who asked for nothing and yet took everything. He became no one and everyone, I`d met him in a crow... and would lose him in a flat with flaking paint on its old walls. What is gained in public should be lost in privacy, it is less pathetic that way.It was then the phone rang, yes, he was arriving soon, no, he hadn`t forgotten their anniversary, how could he, he always remembered, yes, of course, he had missed her and the children, he loved. I didn't know the cop but I did know Shelly and she isn't a liar. A second officer took the man, I assumed to be Professor Brophus, back into the Dean's Office while Shelly was escorted into another office. I went with Shelly, much to the discomfort of the cop."Tell me in your words what happened," directed the officer."Professor Brophus asked me to stay and discuss the creative writing paper I had turned in the previous week. Once we were alone, he came over to the desk and was leaning into me. Although he barely knew this girl, lying here with her felt so soothing and comfortable that for the moment, it made everything all right.He fell asleep in that position, with his head against her chest and listening to the tranquil beating of her heart.When Aunt Colleen came to wake them in the morning and found them lying there together, she stood in Anna's doorway smiling for a few minutes, watching them sleep. It really touched her to see them so affectionate with each other. The death of. " As long as you don't try to feed me Green tea, we are good," I said."There maybe some good news on that front as well. The AG's investigator called me. They have set up a meeting with the Greens for this week. He thinks they might be ready to roll over for a plea deal. Seems they don't like jail so much after all. They probably figure they might like prison even less. We might need you to stay in hiding for a couple of more weeks. At least until the plea deal is inked, if it comes off at.