She just smiled at me and told me wake her up or start without her. They both got up and headed back to the bedrooms.Don and I sat up still talking an... he had commented on how good the Ex-wife was looking and how he would like a piece of that. I commented to Don that the Ex-wife always slept nude and when she had been drinking and doing valium she was dead to the world. I told Don I would turn the thermostat up a little and we would see what would develop. After about 30 minutes I would then go. "She saw that her mother was about to tell her something but her dad cleared his throat and then said, "Well, Veronique is an old friend of our family, that's why she wanted to protect you as much as she could." She's an old friend of the family?" Sandra asked surprised, because she was sure that she had never seen her before in her life, so how could she be a friend of the family?"She is my Godchild," her dad said. "I have known her parents very well during my college years. However, you can't. It'sMark," Sarah called to me from her office.My heart started pumping fast. Why was he calling? And why did Sarahhave to pick up the phone? I was sure there would be embarrassingquestions from her later about the call. The last thing I wanted to doright then was to talk to Mark."Hello?" I said quietly into the phone in the bedroom. I heard the clickas Sarah hung up the other extension."Hi, Jennifer. It's Mark. How are you?" I'm OK." I couldn't think of anything else to say.Realizing. ."Richard began to play the opening chords of the Pastoral.None of them noticed the figure slip into the concert hall and sit in the back corner.The rehearsal ended with Emily playing the epilogue."You're supposed to be offstage for that part," Richard said, pointing to the score.Emily looked at him levelly. "I'm not moving now. Next time."Sandra yawned. "It feels late."Richard checked his watch. "Damn, it is late! Eleven. We should go." This was really fun," Emily said sincerely, as she packed.