’ Robert says to her as he takes the card from her hand and swipes it in the computer. He pauses a moment before hitting a few buttons and trying ag...in. A puzzled look comes across his face as he swipes the card for a third time. ‘Ma’am,’ he says as he sets the card on the counter, ‘it’s not letting me accept your card. I’m going to need to ask for some other form of payment is that’s not too much to ask.’ he tells her. Ashley feels her face go flush as she listens to him. She knows that she. He was growing into a man. Yes, he had allowed himself to become a part of that salacious group, and, yes, he had told her how the group worked and how he was supposed to not only seduce her but share her as well. She believed him however when he told her he could not have gone through with the latter part of the plan. She wanted, on the one hand, to return to a mother/son relationship. On the other hand, however, she realized his feelings toward her remained the same and if she were honest,. "Those wings were good, huh?"I nodded. "Yeah, they were."Bella cleared her throat, and I heard what sounded like a shirt hitting the floor. "Okay, really, don't look!"I looked down at my fingers.No, no.I put my thumb on my index finger.I can't do this. This is too far.*SNAPSNAPSNAP*I sat there in silence for a few seconds. I was breathing heavily, in a bit of a panic. I had to resume time. No matter how many times I thought that, I couldn't get myself to snap again.It... it couldn't hurt,. "It could be that Pleorran was injured when the portal was activated. He was standing quite close to it, but I couldn't see what happened to him. The roof beams caved in about then, anyway. I was knocked down, and Pete had to drag me to safety." We didn't hear his voice any more, either," Pete added. "Though we might not have been able to, with all of the uproar that was going on." We'll have to assume that he is still alive, until we find out differently. All right, that brings us up to date..