There was still a small handful of friends that stuck with me throughout the year, and between them and Jeff, I was able to keep my bearings.It was ha...d that first month, realizing that I was losing my friends, but it was what I had decided to do. One thing that I did enjoy that first month was the shock that I gave everyone. During the rest of the year, people came to expect outrageous behavior from me, but during September, they were still getting used to it, so I was able to shock people at. Waldon was well outside the ability of the TF to claim me. Still, here I was, going to court and listening to the lawyers wrangle.The TF tried to get me to answer questions about Eric and his ship, which my lawyers objected to as immaterial to the case at hand. The judge upheld the objections, albeit reluctantly. Everything was procedural and positioning at this point.I started to smell a rat. I had Kalia do a mental scan on the judge. It was worse than I thought. He was, in fact, in the. He had always considered her a fearsome-looking woman. They hadn’t spoken a word during the journey from their home, Harcourt Manor in Harrogate. Prior to his mother receiving Selina Paris’ letter of response, he’d been unaware of the communication his mother had initiated. He felt shamed and horrified by her revelation that she believed him to be a masturbating failure. He only dimly recalled ever meeting Miss Paris. The thought of her being consulted about such a private and, indeed, shameful. “And?”Wendy was silent a long while. “You know the scene in Tess of the D’Urbervilles where the guy tells Tess he’s done it with other girls and asks to be forgiven, and she does. And then she tells him she’s done it with another guy, and he rejects her completely?”“I’m not really familiar with it, no, but ... Are you saying ... Are you saying Hans tried to have sex with you?”“No!” But she looked uneasy.“You’re worried that if you admitted that, I might not forgive you...” Danny thought. “So.