So ready to try something new. Besides I was alone, safe in my apartment with my true protector, Jake. I called him and he immediately jumped up to gr...et me."Hi baby. My big protector..."Jake licked out at my face his tongue sliding over my cheek, mouth and eyes. I laughed and rubbed his head, face and shoulders lovingly. I liked the feel of him. So hard and warm and furry. His tongue licked out again catching my open mouth and I felt it enter as our tongues met and saliva mingelled. At first I. He had a whiteboard with an agenda on it, written in green felt pen. He’d also started to use words like ‘challenge’, ‘going forward’ and ‘our common objectives’. It was a relief to see that the agenda was in plain English and that he’d used everyday business headings: Areas, New Products . . . things like that. They wouldn’t be leaving anything incriminating behind them in ghostly writing. Danny found the various exchanges interesting if not particularly useful. And it was reassuring to see. Struggling off the couch, I stumbled through the mess to the door. Opening the door I saw Lucy standing on the doorstep, nervously shifting from one foot to the other.I invited her in, wondering what would cause her to come up this early in the morning. She had never visited me, either before or after our incredible afternoon. I had been too busy to choreograph another session so we had confined our social interaction to greetings in the parking lot. Playing the host, I made myself busy. He had a smile that would melt any heart and the biggest brown eyes I’d ever seen on a toddler.Amber, Lucas and Brandon became like a pack of fierce lions looking out for the smaller lives. Anytime Jian, Olivia or Christian made the slightest peep (or if they’d gone a bit too long without making a peep), one of the older children would pop a head into the nursery to make sure everything was OK.Liz only had a few songs left to record following Olivia’s birth but it was clear from the outset that.