Once again their eyes met and without thinking, both girls leaned in closer and their lips met. A soft tender touch that felt so natural. There was no...awkwardness, only peace and a feeling that nothing could be more perfect. Megha reached up and rubbed her hand on her roommate’s cheek and Naina’s gently ran her fingers through Megha’s hair as their lips began their gentle exploration. Megha was amazed at how delightfully soft Naina’s lips felt on hers. Naina’s was losing herself in Megha’s. All she had was high school and a year in college. The man had smiled as he told her he couldn’t offer more than minimum wages; now, a year later, her workload had doubled, but her income had hardly increased.The man was a creep with wandering eyes, always moving stealthily around the office, when he was in at all, making skin-crawling remarks, covering her desk with files before leaving for lunch at eleven a.m. and returning around three, reeking of alcohol – if he returned at all. She always. . let's go read her note, Jack. We owe her that at least."Jack nodded. They grabbed flashlights and walked out of the house. Jack glanced at his watch. It was two in the morning.They found the treefort in the woods without a problem. It was exactly where it always was, on the tallest branch of the tallest tree. Jack looked up the length of the ladder, and then he saw the swing of Annie's flashlight on her hip as she started up."Hey!" he said."There's no point in waiting, Jack," Annie said.Jack. Man, I was beat! I grabbed a quick supper and went to bed. I must have been tired, because I didn't wake up the next morning until I had to rush to make it to breakfast.After breakfast, I went out onto the veranda roof and rocked away some morning stiffness while I considered my options. I was really no closer to finding Hudson than when I landed back here in 1852, but I figured that I could do just as much good by cutting off his supply of gold. That was probably easier to do. I didn't have to.