Not once. You are my safe place, my trust, my heart. You’ve unknowingly helped carry me through some of the hardest times in my life, simply be bein.... ‘You are strong, don’t lose yourself.’ No more words. We know them all, all the words that should not be said. But you have made my world more perfect. You are, and always have been my favourite person. Favourite-ist ever. I am my best, when I am with you. ***************************************** Haphazardly parking the car, my heart skips a. “Mmm… is that part of the total care package you promised me?”“Well it’s a start,” she giggled. “Supper first and play after.”She had set the dining room table for two. Candles gleamed, over two place settings, which infused a warm glow to the room. She went to the kitchen and returned with our meal; steak with mushroom sauce, green beans, Caesar salad, and a bottle of Miner Cabernet Sauvignon.“I thought this might be a nice change from hospital food,” she said smiling, sitting down next to me. “I’ll call you if anything changes.”Rahn’hagon leaned down to give her a kiss goodbye, then strode away from the Bridge, departing through the shattered doors. Jessica watched him leave, before shifting her gaze back to the holo-screen. Long-suppressed maternal instincts were warring with a large serving of guilt and self-loathing, leaving Jessica horribly conflicted. She couldn’t help wondering what her son was doing at that precise moment and desperately wished that she could see him in. Simone's would be part two. I turned to the teenager, her eyes wide with awe, fixated on the knot binding Janey's hands. When I looked over at her, she gulped, then presented her hands to me in a similar manner.I gathered the girl in my arms and sat on the bed. I deposited her on my lap, her short robe allowing her bare bottom to caress my thigh. She was trembling, more from fear than excitement."I sort of had something else in mind for you, Simone, if that's all right with you."She almost.