I called Joyce and asked her to set the meeting with Anthony and Connie for 3:00pm on Saturday. After Joyce, I called my dad and asked if he’d meet ...oyce and me for dinner, and he quickly agreed. I made two more calls to make special arrangements. I knew I had to tell Elyse I’d be away, because she’d certainly hear it from Jessica or Kara.“You’re meeting them, aren’t you?” Elyse asked, a touch of worry in her voice.“I’m seeing Doctor Mercer on Saturday morning, and having dinner with Joyce and. How did you do that?”“I didn’t do anything, Sara. You did. You exhaled all that crap out of your life forever. Now, this is not an order, but merely a recommendation. If you ever see Jace Monette in public, walk up to him and slap him hard in the face for me, okay?”She giggled, then nodded.“You’re a good girl, Sara.”She trembled, then smiled and said, “Thank you, Master!”I kept my arms wrapped around her for a while, and just enjoyed holding this beautiful woman in my arms.I decided it was. She hurried back to her desk, sitting down and turning on the monitor. She glanced once at the silver framed picture of her dead guru and his wife, Alicia, before logging onto the camera feed on her computer. In moments, an image of a living room, messy from a party, appeared. The camera was installed in the ceiling, peering down, and broadcast with HD clarity despite it being only as thick as a candle wick. Fiber optics were remarkable, and the Institute had pioneered many technologies to pay. " Oh," Ron laughed weakly. "Truth or dare?" Dare!" Dana giggled. "Now you just gotta dare me to do something." Ummm..." Ron had no idea what to dare the girl."Just ... anything. It don't matter," Dana coaxed him."I'll give you a dare," I said."You said you weren't playing," Dana grinned at me. "If you dare me you gotta play." Yeah, whatever." Okay," Dana shrugged. "You dare me then." I dare you to go outside for an hour and stay there!" I giggled."What?" Dana gave me the finger. "You can't have.