.." she said as if a handsome man had not just lifted her straight up out of the floor.Shaking his head a bit Charles played along and got back down t... the business at hand "I'll be sure to jot that down when I get back to my truck, speaking of my estimate, I am going to have to come back tomorrow for at least 4 hours to get a better look at that room, did you know there were cupboard in the walls under the wallpaper?"Emily had not known and now stood there looking at Charles unable to process. "Nadine and Maggie, your fatherhas been telling me good things about you. I am Professor Max Jaegerit's a pleasure to meet both of you."Nadine had to keep from laughing. Jack had met him at a physics seminarin Brussels. A highly respected in Academia, but a bit of a prig, theprofessor was not in the same league as those who were on Jack's Inter-dimensional Gateway team."It's a pleasure to meet you sir, I admire your work."That took the Professor aback a bit but he recovered quickly and. But I can't do that. I have to let you go so you can do what you need to... whatever makes you happy."A single tear welled up in Ifeoma's eye. "What if what makes me happy is you?" she asked in barely more than a whisper."I don't know," I replied, "but I know it's up to you now. I'm letting you go. I have to. But before I do, I just have to say one more thing. Don't ever settle, Ifeoma. Don't ever compromise anything that makes you who you are. Because who you are is an incredible person. And I. In her table she had a passport form. I asked whether she is going abroad. She said yes, she ll be going within two yrs. In that form I saw that her bday was tomorrow. So I planned for a surprise.Next day, I went with a cake to surprise her. She was in new saree. she looked hot in that saree. I greeted her and she said thank you. She asked how I knew her b’day.I explained the matter and asked her cut the cake. The candles were lighten and she was with knife to cut the cake. She blew the candles.