"Paulina's heart skipped a beat as she slowly put her mug down on the coffee table."My accounts? Have you been going through my things?" You left them...spread out over the kitchen table in mess... like everything else around here!" What? What do you mean?"Ben waved the paper. "I have evidence here of your attempt to cheat on your tax returns! It's obvious, even to me it's obvious!"The guilt crept slowly across Paulina's face, she pushed a strand of mousy hair back behind her ear."It's none of. Oddly, this sort of crept up on me and, looking back through the diary, I confirmed that I had not previously mentioned something that I should have highlighted a few months earlier.There were hugs all around when the BBC and Civia arrived. We showed them around the house and were sitting on the Monstrosity when the adults returned. With so many hands, we made light work of both getting the umpteen bags and boxes into the house and then of putting the groceries away, although once the stuff was. ..If for nothing else it just made her feel useful, imparting a sense of control she seemed to need.Passing the living room, she caught sight of Hero and Ryo-chan snuggled up on the wrap around sofa.A brief moment of concern descended then lifted as quickly when she spied Mayuka sleeping happily in the mix.They presented such a cozy picture Kiyone almost longed to join them but settled instead for a lingering gaze and a quiet sigh before turning.No surprises awaited on the first floor aside. I could have happily stayed in that position for the rest of whatever.“Want to make love?” she asked, her tone wavering between a question and a request.“Yep” I told her.“Are we going to?” she wanted my opinion.“Probably not. I’m just about asleep, and as much as I want you, it wouldn’t be too fair to you if I fell asleep in the middle of it, would it?”“Kind of thought you’d say something like that. To be honest, if we did, you’d probably have your little sister sprawled on top of you and.