" Oh? Is there owt else I might get ye, Mistress? Some salt, mayhap, or a bit o' vinegar?" Oh, no... i was just recalling my old Granny Esmeralda; ver... often she made us breakfasts like this, when my sisters and I were at her cabin."No, it's just that Granny..." her hand continued to stroke his hairy wrist, gradually slipping further and further up his arm at each stroke. "Well... Granny always added something a bit special to our corn mush." Special?" he echoed, stepping a bit closer, so that. ”Angie directed Michelle to Doctor Baker’s office and helped her to the sofa.“How you feeling Kiddo,” Angie asked.“Angie, what happened, I feel sore all over?”“Well, the exam is complete and Doctor gave you a clean bill of health. Why not just lie down for a little while. Doctor Baker will see you in a few minutes to go over your results.”Several minutes later Ben entered his office. “Michelle, I want to go over your test results and answer any questions you may have. First, all your tests. Stephie more or less asked me that question and I told her we’d take things one day at a time and see where they lead. I simply don’t know. And before you lay out the arguments, I know them all. Right now, right at this moment, they don’t matter.“Let’s just see where things lead. But, and this is important, you absolutely should not put your life on hold for me. I plan on telling every single girl the same thing, except Tatyana, Jennifer, and Karin, and those three all know the situation, and. As the echo of her scream slowly faded through the trees, Ben began to stir.BenEverything was darkness.Ben was enveloped in an endless sea of black.He guessed he must be dreaming, but it didn’t feel like any dream he had ever experienced.He was aware and clearly remembered being in the woods a short time ago.Although he wasn’t quite sure how long ago that was.Minutes?Hours?Time seemed to work differently in this dream void.He sensed a presence here with him, perhaps just behind him.He tried to.