" He looked her inthe eyes, unblinking. "Just promise me you'll at least think about it."She nodded her head silently. It was like he'd suggested sh... grow gillsand live under the sea with him.They were half an hour away from Aiden's house when she started laughing."What?" He asked."Oh, it's just silly." She waved her hand. "Don't worry about it." No, what?"She looked at him, "It's just the image. Us as parents. Jess and Dan areparents. Freya and Jason, I can totally see as parents. But us? . She gave me a bottle of water, which I drank half and splashed my face with the rest. Katie got out a hanky and wiped my face down for me. Paul and Cece saw it and snickered quietly.The timer I put on my phone, went off. “Break’s over, People.”I thanked Jeremy for his help and went to the conductor’s stand. I had my gold baton. People were coming in and settling down. My orchestra was close to complete.I turned, picking up my microphone.“Cast, please go to your opening positions, please?. You'll be a pro in no time!"They finish with the groceries and then adjourn to their rooms.Darcy fishes out a business card from her purse. She flips it between herfingers for a minute or two. After that she sets it down and pulls outher phone. "Sarah? Hi, this is Nathan's roommate, Darcy." She pauseslistening to the response."Yeah I know, he sure has waited a long time before giving you a call.And you probably weren't expecting someone else to call for him either. Iwanted to call you because I. Ihr Blasrohr würde die größere Entfernung nicht schaffen und sich zu erkennen zu geben, wäre ihr sicherer Tod gewesen.Als ich wieder einmal aus dem Fenster sah, konnte ich erkennen, dass Jim eine Flasche in der Hand hielt, in der eine goldgelbe Flüssigkeit schwappte. Es was sicher kein Wasser und ich nahm an, dass Rum darin war. Wahrscheinlich versuchte er, seinen Misserfolg herunterzuspülen. Immerhin hatte er einen ganzen Teil seiner Autorität verloren und das musste er erst einmal verkraften..