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Chapter Seven

Sue smiled. "Come on in." She led him to the living room and handed him a towel. "You're all wet," she laughed.

"Where's Luce?" he asked. The brown-haired matchmaker beauty was nowhere in sight.

Wrinkling her nose in a strange expression, Sue replied, "Out… with Myles."

His eyebrows rose high. "What?"

She blew out a breath. "I don't know, really," she said, switching to ASL. "Do you mind?"

He shook his head, "No," he paused, "Is something wrong?"

In answer, she signed, "Don't you feel better after a long day of English, speaking to Kaylee in Greek?" She shook her head. "Not that English is foreign to you or anything, it's just-"

"How you were raised," he inserted understandingly. "Yeah, I know what you mean." He faltered a little bit, and smiled again as she demonstrated the phrase for him.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. Now, I'm guessing you didn't come for small talk. We get enough of that from Bobby." She grinned.

"He seems to think it's important," he shrugged. "But we love him for it."

Sue nodded, not saying anything, knowing he would talk when he was ready.

"I don't know what to do, Sue," he signed suddenly. "I'm so confused. I like her, and yet I don't want to like her at the same time. I want to be able to let Donna go, but I'm afraid of what'll happen if I do. I don't know if I'm doing this for myself, or for you and the team, or for the kids-" seeing her slightly confused look, he quickly explained about the dream, his conscience, and his inner conversations.

Her deep blue eyes overflowed with compassion, and she reached over and hugged him. Oddly enough, the embrace reassured him in a way.

"I cannot begin to tell you how much I'm grateful for your friendship, Sue. Thank you." He signed with utter sincerity and entirety. "Thank you."

"I'm going to tell you one thing," she started, and laughed. "Ironical, isn't it?"

He laughed with her for a moment. "Yeah."

She switched to English again. "Demetrius- you have to do this for yourself. You can't do it because we want you to. You'll never be happy that way. You have to do what you think is right; not what everyone else thinks is right. Follow your heart."

Standing up to leave, he breathed deeply. "You wouldn't believe how much better I feel. Thanks again, Sue."

She merely smiled in acknowledgement of the compliment. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah." He waved, stepped outside, and began running again, this time with a new sense of purpose: he was going to get to know Kaylee Lockhart.

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