" Kat sat up too. She gently reached out to touch his shoulder."Don't!" he hissed."Charlie?" Kat whispered uneasily."Don't touch me, Katrina. This sho...ld never have happened." He stood and walked over to their bags."Why do you keep fighting this? It's obvious that we want each other." I was dreaming Kat. And it wasn't about you." He lied without turning to look at her. He couldn't bear to watch the hurt that he knew was going to be in those beautiful brown eyes."Then who..." Kat asked softly"My. .? Hannah? Ah! I'm sorry!"Marcus grabbed the phone from Mikey as he realized who it was. He hadtold Mikey that he didn't know any woman named Hannah, other than hisnew mother Hannah, so he wouldn't have recognized her voice on thephone. Luckily, she didn't like to keep up with her boys very often, atleast, up until now."Hi... no. This is Marcus. Who? You remember me - I'm the family friend,Marcus. Yes, that's correct. We've been good friends for a while, howcould you forget me?"This went on for. ‘I did it to stop the fighting. You see, Zeather was the . . .ah . .one who captured Adrianna. . . And he tricked you, Aaron . . .into thinking that . . . Lance did it.’ Pristine said barely between breaths. ‘I’m sorry miss. I had a feeling Lance didn’t do it. It’s just that I went ballistic when Adrianna went missing. She’s the only family I have left.’ apologized Aaron. ‘You don’t have to explain. I understand.’ ‘Who did this to you, Pristine?’ Kyra asked. ‘Zeather. I was given an. And marriage is, for now, out of the question. And as for the third, I am not, nor have I ever been a lesbian. I know she loves me. She has told me so. She has told me what she wants to do to me.”“What I need to tell you involves what I confessed to you last night. Yes I am into self-flagellation. It is something of a disease in my mind. The self-punishment. I was wondering if you could help me to feel pain above what I can give to myself.”Wow! My angel wants me to give her pain. I don’t know.