”“Why not?” she asked simply.“Jordan,” I said. “She’s out there! I can’t take my time learning a new skill.”Dana didn’t raise her ...oice. “And what would you do if you knew where she was?”“I’d take the tac team with me and go get her,” I said. How much more of a plan would I need, really?Dana nodded. “And if spells are keeping her there, what would you do?”I frowned. “That would depend on the spells.”Dana shook her head. “I think, in most cases you wouldn’t know what to do. You would be just as. No chance with Tracy of course because we knew each other from way back when, so a one-night stand was simply off the cards, and a more complex relationship was not on the cards either. I was totally within the deadly ‘FRIEND ZONE’ – fate worse than Death. But anyway it was nice to go out with a pretty girl to a nice restaurant, and we were old friends so it was nice catching up on old times. After high school Tracy had gone to University in San Luis Obispo, then one thing had led to another. We drove off."I am going to say what I have to say before you speak," she said, much more forcefully than I ever remember her speaking."My name is not Shelly. My name is Denice Vanderhoff. My parents are both dead," she took a sudden turn, pressing me into the door, "but they control me still using a trust fund and an asshole of a estate administrator. I was not supposed to date or have sex with anyone until I turned 18," another turn, this time, I had to lean towards her, "or I would get. "We drove on in silence, choosing to listen to the noise already in the world than add to it.This was going to be an awkward relationship if neither of us were big talkers."Do you have any family that you might want to call?"She shook her head, "They already asked me that at the hospital."I shrugged, while keeping my eyes on the traffic infested road. "Sometimes people don't like to call from the hospital or the FBI building ... but then they're on their cells the minute they walk out the.