In her suite, Kei and Diana entered the bedroom while Jeff waited in the living room for Diana’s summons. When she opened the door and motioned for ...eff, he walked over to the bed. Kei had the sheet pulled up to her chin as he smiled down at her and said, “You saw Little One when you were enhanced, and tonight, she’s going to help you again.”“If I could just sleep,” Kei said a second before the blue beams touched her face from where Jeff cradled Little One in his hands. When Kei was asleep, he. ' " Clearly not the most trustworthy of persons," Jeff said dryly."No, not very," said Meredith. "But, I just needed... To get away. I mean, you know, he found me attractive, and, I, just... I just couldn't handle it. The Brandon thing, I mean." So you escaped," Stasya said.Jeff frowned. "You must've been really desperate if you had to escape to Rick Downing." Very little was known about him, except what people could see with their eyes and ears. That in itself was a bit disconcerting. Either. Then we bagged the wrapping materials and cleaned the worktable. While we worked, Henry told me that Sarah had booked a flight to Perth for the 20th – under two weeks! – and expected to return on the fourth. If necessary, she'd remain in Perth a bit longer.We went for lunch in Chinatown and I left Henry to try to call around 1300. I told him I'd try to meet him at noon on Monday and left to read more of Paterson's book. I wanted to finish it over the weekend, so I'd be prepared on a tangential. Jill’s never been one to speak before she knows what she thinks or wants to say, and I knew I could be in for a long wait.Slowly her expression started changing, like the smoke rising from a papal enclave. “I guess,” came her first halting thoughts. “Maybe you're right, honey. Maybe Chris and I can still work together okay. Still, be friends together.”“Better friends? Closer friends?” I suggested, testing the ground, rewarded by a half-smile.“Maybe.”That was enough, I knew Jill was over the.