And you gave that to him. Most of us know that we will die while doing our job for some nasty sod, or other. You gave Thomas a great gift—he died wi...h a smile!"As Erica talked she just stared into the bottom of her cup contemplatively. It was as if she were talking to herself not me.I was stabbed in the heart as Erica said these things and I said bitterly, "Then it's my fault that he is dead! I distracted him and got him killed!"Erica's head snapped up in shock and anger as she yelled at me,. So I have never been out with a boy since then and I have had regular counselling from your mum. She has helped me more than the psychiatrist whom I saw for ages after these events became public." Susan I feel sad about what happened to you, but why are you telling me this?"Because today you stood up to bullies for me and in doing so you nearly put your life on the line. This proved to be the last piece in the jigsaw of my rehabilitation progress. You could easily have died today if the. This was a very old forest, and one part looked very much like another, so we didn't have much to choose from in the case of scenery and such. For no special reason, we picked the top of a low hill as the center of our new domain and thought no more about it.I had planned on us using the tent for the first night and putting up a prefabricated house for our permanent use. The replicator could make everything we needed for the house, so that was no problem. It could turn out panels four feet. Jillian is welcome to stay."Jeanette accepted Jack's forceful defense of Ann. Jack knew this wasn'tover, he'd only won round one. Jeanette was anything if not tenacious.Jack poured himself a glass of juice and raised it smiling at Jeanette. She got up and went upstairs to pack.Jillian arrived back at the house with the boys a few minutes later.Alex was napping in the stroller Tommy said hi to Jack and headed intothe family room to watch cartoons.Jillian came up to Jack and hugged him. "I'm.