Sesshomaru exhaled as he gazed at the ceiling. His eyelids grew heavy but he just couldn't fall asleep. Every time he closed his eyes, he saw blood. He heard screams. The past year held moments that tortured him at night. The evening he was on his way back home to Kagome and his daughters. A van of demon terrorists shot at him and ran his car off the bridge. They were there for him but instead shot his driver and the Vice President of the D.D.C. He had been very lucky that they didn't bother to confirm if he was dead or not. He crawled out of the vehicle, a piece of the window was imbedded into his hip and he had many cuts on his face. He called for a team and they came within minutes. Helicopters hovered the night's sky searching for the van but they never found it. Since then he couldn't help wonder that if he had been close to the house, they would have gotten his family. His job was beginning to follow him home.
He wanted Kagome and the girls to have a safe place to be. Away from the effects of his business tactics and away from the drama but he couldn't disappear out of their lives completely. He was unable to. He grew accustomed to pain his chest, the pain he felt when he and Kagome were apart in bad spirits. The only way he got through the night was him convincing himself it would be over soon. He'd find the people who wanted him dead and he could be back home, to watch his daughters grow up and be with his wife. His eyes drifted again and he felt sleep about to take over when he heard a loud scream of terror. It was Kimora. He shot up from his bed and darted out of his room. The screaming continued as he ran fast.
"Father!" he heard Samara shout and he ran into the room.
Kimora was sitting up on her bed, her eyes opened, screaming in agony. He scanned the room, confused and looked at her. She started crying and shouting in a way he couldn't understand. He took a deep breath and knelt down. He grabbed her shoulder but she continued to scream.
"Father, it's her nightmares. She's still sleeping!" she said.
"Kimora!" he shook her arm.
"Please!" she sobbed. "Don't!"
"Kimora!" he shook her again and her eyes appeared to focus. She stopped crying and screaming and looked around the room, confused.
"Daddy?" she said and he stared into her brown eyes. They were red rimmed, dark veins pulsating in them. Her hair was damp and it stuck to her sweaty face. She patted her face and looked at her wet hand.
"Was I having nightmares again?" she asked and Sesshomaru tried to control his heart as he answered. He still felt alert and cautious. Was this what Kagome was talking about? What kind of nightmares did she have to have her scream the way she did?
He saw both guards by the hallway and stood up. "Remy, can you have her cleaned up."
Remy nodded as she grabbed Kimora and led her to the bathroom. Sesshomaru looked at Samara and ran his hand through his hair.
"Do you know what the nightmares are about?"
Samara shrugged. "It' different every time. Last time it was of me, the other time it was of mother but she is always talking about a monster with blue hair and red eyes."
"You should not be watching horror flicks." He said.
"We don't." Samara said. "Mother doesn't allow it either. She just gets these dreams."
Sesshomaru felt himself calm down after a few minutes as he walked around their room. He saw Kimora's sketchpad on her bed and grabbed it. He looked through it and frowned at the pictures. In each page, she drew this blue monster with red eyes. He couldn't help feel disturbed by some of the pictures. In one picture, it was of herself flying or falling off of a building. The monster was on the top of the building laughing. Between her and the top of the building was a star with arms reaching for her. He closed the book and tucked Samara back inside the bed.
Remy came back with Kimora and led her to Sesshomaru. Her hair was wet and brushed back into ponytail and she had changed into new pajamas. Sesshomaru knelt down and placed her on the bed.
"Are you watching horror flicks?" he said in a low calm voice.
"No, Daddy." She said.
"You know there is no such thing as monsters?"
"I know….but it is still scary in my dreams."
He leaned in and whispered in her ears. "It can't hurt you, remember that."
She nodded and lay on the bed. He tucked her in and looked at the both of them, registering that they are safe in their beds and turned off the light. He looked at Remy and Cado.
"I want more men watching this door and outside their window."
"Yes, sir." They said and started talking in their mouthpieces as he walked away. Now there was no way he couldn't sleep. Regardless if it was a petty thing like nightmare scare, he would not be calm enough to rest. This had to stop. He couldn't live the rest of his life worrying like this.
Sesshomaru checked his phone for messages and looked at his laptop. What a mess, he thought. This new secretary hadn't sort out his mail into most important to not important at all like Lana had. What job could possibly offer a salary greater than his to have Lana leave? He shook his head and shut his laptop. Samara walked into his study and sat across from him.
"Father, I have a question. I've been planning a sleepover for a month now. It is supposed to take place tomorrow night. I spoke with grandmother and she planned a banquet in your honor so the cousins will be coming anyway. They can stay here and we can accommodate them in the guest rooms. This place is big enough. What do you think?"
"Aren't you punished?" he asked as he looked through his phone. This new secretary was incompetent. Who cared if some President of a small country was getting married? He was going to fire this woman.
"Well, mother restricted the television and music but…"
"I believe the sleepover was restricted as well."
"Come on, father! This is supposed to be Christmas break. The people I invited cancelled their ski trips to come. They will be so angry with me if I have to cancel."
He sighed as she continued to whine. He had work to do and needed to focus. He looked at his watch and then at her. All of the energy he had put into his work left him powerless against a nine-year-old. She was walking all over him and he knew it but for the time being, he had to let it pass.
"Fine. Keep your guests under twenty and no fighting with your sister."
"Of course!" she clapped and jumped in her chair.
Loud music sounded from the hallway and there was cheering and shouting coming from the end of the hall. Sesshomaru looked at his daughter as he heard people singing. One of them sounded like Kimora.
'She was a fast machine,
she kept her motor clean,
she was the best damn woman that I've ever seen!'
Samara rolled her eyes. "Uncle Inuyasha and Koga are here. Koga brought his drum set and guitar, he said you told him he could practice here."
I did not, he thought as he stood up and walked out of his study. He continued to hear Kimora shouting obscene lyrics and walked into the living room. Inuyasha was jamming away on his air guitar, Koga pounded on the drums and Kimora jumped on the couch.
'Shook me all night long, yeah, you shook me all night….' She stopped and dropped on the couch. She twirled her hair across her mouth and bowed her head.
"Yo!" Koga greeted as he stopped. Inuyasha turned off the stereo.
"What are you doing?"
"Playing around. Kimora wanted to learn the drums. You said I could bring the drum set and practice here with her."
"I never said that." Sesshomaru said and glared at his brother.
Koga scratched his head. "Maybe I dreamt that….it would make sense to why you were wearing a dress and brushing your teeth while you said that."
Sesshomaru glanced at his watch. Perhaps them being here wasn't entirely a bad thing. He needed to go to his job and find some files and kill Lana for being so unorganized with his agenda.
"I will return in a little while."
Kimora eyed him sadly. "Where are you going, daddy?"
"I have to pick something up from the office." He said.
"You're going to work?"
"Just for a little while." He said, trying to avoid her gaze. "Just stay with Inuyasha and Koga. I will return momentarily."
"Promise?" she said as she followed him to the door. He turned around, seeing her stand in the middle of the hallway looking so small. He nodded and she smiled and headed back to the room. He grabbed his long white trench coat and grabbed his car keys. One of the guards followed and he paused in the hallway.
"I am to go alone." He said.
The guard hesitated. "But, sir. You should have some of us escort you."
"Your job is to watch my daughters and that is it." He said and walked out. The guard stood down.
When Sesshomaru got to the office, people were surprised to see him. He could hear the whispers circulating.
"I thought he was on vacation." Said one person.
"He looks upset, look busy everyone!" said another.
He strode down the hallway toward his office and stopped at the desk in front of his office. Sitting in his Lana's desk was a young woman with black hair.
"Who are you?" he asked, impatiently.
"Uhhh…."she stammered as she stood up. "S-Sara, your new secretary?"
She looked different than the last time he saw her. Her hair was up and she had tons of makeup on. He could smell the strong floral perfume coming from her desk. He dismissed it quickly and glared at his her, sizing her up and down briefly. "Do you know how to filter emails? Place them in order from urgent to not so urgent?" he waved his blackberry at her with the emails she had been forwarding to him. "How is…" he stopped and opened the mail on his phone. "The shah of Iran's 49th birthday bash more important than Demon troops holding over one hundred hanyous captive in Siberia?"
"I'm s-sorry, sir. I guess I sent the list backwards. My mistake…it won't happen again."
Sesshomaru rubbed his chin and nodded. "Where are the lists of my meetings on Thursday?"
"I thought you weren't working on Thursday. You had said to cancel your meetings."
Sesshomaru stared at her austerely and blinked. Could this woman be that stupid? "I am off until Wednesday, why would you cancel the meetings on Thursday. What is on Thursday?" he sighed. She quickly looked through her agenda.
"Y-you have a meeting with the secretary of defense regarding the bio chemical products being cultivated in New Mexico at 8am, meeting with Agent Foster from the N.S.A at noon, at 3pm you have a conference with Judge Harris to re-open the case that tried Tsuyoko Bokunaska and Dosuka-"
"Stop right there…"He said, his voice very calm but any fool could tell it masked anger. She looked up at his blazing eyes. "Do those things sound unimportant for me to cancel?"
"N-no but…"
Sesshomaru growled to himself. "Nevermind…." He waved her off as he entered his office. He removed his coat and threw it on the chair and sat down. He buried his face into his hands and rubbed his eyes. He looked around his desk and started searching for papers when something occurred to him.
"The case…"he said to himself. "The case…" he whispered as he searched through his desk. Lana was supposed to take care of it before leaving. He hoped she kept her word. He exhaled in relief when he found it under all the folders. It was what he came for. Lana had stayed with him all night looking for all the documents of the people he had tried in court. It was one of the last cases he needed to look at. Everyone else was no longer a threat. There was a knock at the door. He didn't answer and frowned when it opened. He looked up and saw his father. He scowled at the new secretary behind her desk who looked back confused.
"You let him in?" he scowled.
"Oh, be nice, Sesshomaru." His father winked at the secretary and closed the door. He walked over to the desk and sat in a chair beside it.
"That woman is a fool."
"She's new. Give her a break."
"Koga could do a better job."
His father stared at him with great concern and sighed. "Shouldn't you be home with the twins?"
"I had to check on something." He said not looking from the folder.
"I heard about the divorce." His father said and Sesshomaru looked up.
"Don't pay any mind to it. She doesn't know what she is doing." He looked back down at the folder.
"Sesshomaru…"his father spoke. "When I gave you the position, I knew you would be great at making changes but you are taking in more than you can handle. You have to remember; you are just one person. You cannot save the entire world."
"Shouldn't you be playing golf with the elders somewhere?" Sesshomaru ignored him and flipped through the documents. "Damn it…"
"What is it?"
"I have no lead to who fired the shots a few months ago. Everyone is either dead or we have them under our custody." His father opened his mouth to interject but he waved his hand. "I already checked to see if they have someone on the outside and have some of my men searching."
"Have you considered Haji as a suspect?" his father said. "I don't know how you have him, out of all people, guarding Kagome."
"No, he has been loyal. Besides, he is very good. He's a former Tamashi so his skills are impeccable. He's more than qualified."
"But it was his brother that you had executed."
"It was Haji who had turned him in." Sesshomaru looked at the picture frames on his desk. There was a picture of the twins at the age of two. The other was his wedding photo and another was a recent picture of the twins. His father could never know that the only reason he had Haji's brother executed was because he was the murderer of Inuyasha's mother. It took his father many years to heal and knowing this would send him to a state he could never return from.
"Sesshomaru, please listen to me…You look exhausted. Your wife wants a divorce and you hardly see your kids. I know you very well. You are never satisfied and always want more. You want to fix everything but you can't. Please, stop this."
"I can't do that." He said and let out an exasperated sigh.
"You almost died earlier this year. Don't you think it is a wakeup call to spend more time with your family?"
"I do not need you to lecture me. I know what I am doing." He uttered curtly, trying very hard not to show that he was getting to him. Why did everyone assume he was alright with the way things were going? Did they think he really didn't want to save his marriage or be with his daughters? With Kagome's unstable health conditions, he couldn't let her know what was going on. She would constantly be worried for him and for the girls that her nerves would go haywire. Even after ten years, she still couldn't control her body's changes.
"There is something you aren't telling me." His father said, studying him. "Something else is going on."
"Do not concern yourself. This is not your job anymore."
"Fine. I will not say more but I am only going to say this once, you are going to lose. Either you are going to lose your direction or you are going to lose your family."
Sesshomaru pondered his words silently and walked toward the window. Who is it? Who is toying with him? Who keeps sending him threatening letters? Who shot at him earlier this year? Whoever it was, he doesn't hear from them in months and then they send a letter to keep him cautious at all times; to never be at ease because they want to let him know they can attack from anywhere at any time.
"Just go home. You are missing out on a lot of things. It can be hard for Kagome to bring up demon children without their demon father there. They need your strength."
Sesshomaru almost considered it. How badly he wanted to just go home and slip under the covers next to Kagome and hold her, to be absorbed in her scent and warmth and hear her laugh with their daughters. But then a cloud went over that option and replaced it with fear of bringing danger to them. The D.D.C had excellent security and he could always have Kagome and the girls move in with him here but she wouldn't want that for her and the girls. Growing up around guards and soldiers, seeing choppers come in with hundreds of their wounded or casualties. It wasn't a life he wanted for them anyway.
He grabbed his coat and stood up. He looked out the window, it began to snow. He grabbed his car keys and grabbed the files from his desk.
"Where are you going?" his father asked.
"Back to the manor…" he said and walked out of the office. He glared at the secretary as he passed. "Try to be more organized, Sandra."
She opened her mouth but he was down the hallway already. She watched his father come out of the office and smile at her. "Don't worry about it, Sally. He's just having a bad week."
She sighed and looked at the computer screen. "It's….Sara."
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Feeling an empty void at home, Kagome decided to get out. It was the weekend and she didn't have much work to do. Being so awesome at what she does, she knew she had already won the case without hearing the jury's final verdict. After her impeccable deduction, cunning cross examinations and final speech; she had the jury wrapped around her fingers. Sipping a martini in one of Manhattan's exclusive bars, her thoughts drifted in and out. She must have looked pathetic sitting by herself but it was only a matter of time before Koga would show up. Haji stood sentry a few feet away from her like a statue scanning the crowd. Two guards waited by the car and another two paced around the bar, checking everyone out. Kagome didn't notice, it was something she'd gotten used to.
She had called Koga when she got home hoping he would meet her and have dinner. She needed to keep her mind occupied. She missed the girls terribly and Sesshomaru…she didn't want to think about him. Her finger traced the rim of her martini glass as she scanned around the bar. Happy hour usually brought in the corporate crowd and unhappily married men stood in one corner checking out their new secretaries and underage girls posing of drinking ages. Kagome remembered a time when she felt suspicious of Sesshomaru having an affair with his secretaries. They were always gorgeous women who she, without a doubt, knew were attracted to him. He never gave her reason to believe he was unfaithful but her insecurities always ran amok. It came with having an overly attractive husband that every woman wanted. After meeting Lana, she felt at ease. It wasn't that Lana wasn't attractive but she had come to know her and believed she was a woman that could respect a married man. An image popped into her mind, one she refused to remember during her times of coping with the divorce. Sesshomaru had come home late, wordless than usual but perturbed. He slipped under the covers and held her tightly kissing her shoulder. It was an affection she hadn't experienced with him since he'd become engrossed at work. He had been breathless, shaken almost, and his heart was beating hard and fast against her chest, like he was afraid of something. She thought it to be odd and questioned him what was wrong but he didn't explain. He just roughly removed her clothes and his and made love to her. It was the last time they made love.
She felt her cheeks burn and presumed it to be the effects of her second cosmo when she heard her name called. It was unfamiliar and she looked over her shoulder.
"Kagome…it is you."
Haji stepped forth pressing his earpiece, the other guards were notified and headed toward the oval booth she sat at. She looked reluctant but it only took her seconds to register who the man in front of her was. His long black hair fell down his back and he stared at her with his crystal green eyes. The smirk that he wore was one he carried even during his pubescent times and she felt like she'd fallen back into the past.
"Sasuke?" she said, still unsure but she raised her hand at the guards. They stopped, looked at Haji who nodded and walked away. Sasuke glanced between the guards and looked at her perplexedly. He loosened his tie as he came closer. He looked dashing in a black suit, still handsome as she remembered.
"I cannot believe it's you." He chuckled. "I, well, this is just strange. You actually came into my mind the other day. It's been what, like ten or eleven years?"
"Something like that." She said, still surprised to have seen him. She sipped her cosmo and looked down at the floor. Their last encounter wasn't very peaceful and she wondered what to say next.
"How've you been?" he said, beating her to it.
"I've been great."
He studied her and pointed to the seat next to her. "May I?"
"Uh, sure…." She said and removed her purse from the seat. She gave Haji a nod and Sasuke noticed it.
"Personal security? You must be very important." He teased.
"My husband's security." She blushed.
"Oh, you're…married. That's great." He said.
"Yep." She took another awkward sip of her cosmo.
Sasuke smiled. " You look…amazing. I mean, like you didn't even age a year since high school."
"Yeah…guess I have some good genes…"she gave a nervous laugh.
He frowned. "You even smell different."
"Excuse me?"
"I am so sorry." He shifted in his seat and clasped his forehead. "That was so uncalled for, so rude of me…I just…I guess I am just nervous. I haven't seen you in so long."
"It's…fine."
"Tell me, do you have kids?"
She paused. "I have two girls, twins. Samara and Kimora. How about you? Do you have kids? Are you married? I'm stupid, of course you're married, probably right after high school."
He rubbed the back of his neck. "Actually, I got married during my last year of college and we are actually divorced now. We have a son Arahim and I'm not leading a clan anymore."
"Divorced?" Kagome cocked a brow. "But I thought…demons don't…"
"Yes, well, it seems times are changing now. Traditions are dying."
"Yeah…"Kagome snorted a dry laugh. "I suppose you are right."
"I actually moved back to New York about a month ago. I was living in China for a while, you know, taking care of family businesses."
"Yes…"she forced a smile. "I know."
"So, your husband seems important. "he cleared his throat and observed the security pacing around them. "Might I know him?"
"Uh…"she stammered looking at her cosmo. "Uh…you might." She bit her lip. Of course he would know. That was like asking if you knew who the president of the United States was. "His name is Sesshomaru."
"Sesshomaru?" he blinked. "Wait, you aren't talking about the general, are you? Head of the D.D.C? You married a demon?"
"Yeah…"she turned her head and rolled her eyes. "That would be him."
"You're the human wife he had wed." Sasuke covered his mouth, stunned as he glanced at Haji. "That explains the high security. I knew he wed a human named Kagome, I just hadn't expected it to be you..."
"Why? Because I'm a commoner?"
"Kagome…that's not what I…" he sighed. "You know how hard it was for me to let you go? Being a teenager and threatened by my father, I couldn't…it's hard to explain."
She remained quiet and nodded. Sesshomaru had endured threats by his mother and clan. He still went off to marry her. Apparently it wasn't that hard, it just took guts.
"Uh huh…"
Sasuke frowned. "I guess there are no excuses for what I've done to you."
"I was kicked out of my house because of you." She gritted her teeth, the anger suddenly boiling under her skin. "My mother wouldn't speak to me for almost a year."
"I don't know what I can do to prove how sorry I am…"he lowered his head. A new crowd of people came into the bar and they were obstreperous. They both looked around the bar, not meeting each other's gaze in a silence that made her want to gauge her eyeballs out.
"You know…if it hadn't happened though…I wouldn't have had my daughters, so in some weird sense I should be thanking you."
He flashed a half grin and nodded. "If it's any consolation, I have not stopped thinking about you."
"Well, I can honestly say I haven't thought about you." She shot back and then felt a pang of guilt. "I'm sorry. This is just water under the bridge. It was a long time ago, we were young. I think I still carry some residual anger and wanted to just get it out."
"Understandable. I deserve it. Is there any way we can start over? I mean, friends that is"
"I wouldn't say friends…"she grinned sympathetically. "but not enemies."
"I'll take it." He said and they shook hands. She finished her drink and glanced at her watch. Where was Koga? Sasuke's gaze darted up and down, observing her. Her skin glowed and she smelled of vanilla. How could he let such a beautiful thing out of his life? He found himself nervous again, like he was on a first date. She hated him, he knew this. Despite their efforts to start over, a grudge like hers wouldn't just vanish over night. His eyes landed on her hands and he glanced up perplexed.
"Why do you not wear your ring?"
"My what?" she asked but then realized what he asked. She looked at her hand and hid it under the table. "I forgot it at home."
"You were always a terrible liar, Kagome." He said, narrowing his green eyes at her. "You forget that I know you so well."
"Yeah…"she nodded. "I'm really not the same person anymore so don't base your consensus on past observations."
"Hmph." He bowed his head. The waitress walked over and he ordered a glass of wine. Kagome asked for another cosmo and looked at her watch. "Are you expecting someone?"
"Yes, I-"
"Sorry I'm late." Said a raspy voice and they both looked up. Koga stood very angular in his black leather jacket, his hands buried into the pockets. He glared at Sasuke, sizing him up and down and looked at Kagome. "Who's your friend?"
"Koga, this is Sasuke." She said, her tone chirpy from the buzz.
Sasuke stood up and extended his hand out. He avoided his suspicious glare with a smile. "Hello, I'm an old friend of Kagome's. We went to high school together."
"Uh...huh." Koga sucked his teeth, looking between him and Kagome. He ignored his extended welcomed hand and looked at Kagome. "Can we get out of here? This place is lame…just a bunch of suits and prudes, not my style, you feel me?"
Kagome sighed with a smile. She stood up and grabbed her purse. "Okay. Sasuke, it was good to see you again."
"Kagome," Sasuke uttered vehemently. "I was wondering if we could get together again. Have lunch and catch up."
"How about-" Koga started but was immediately shut by Kagome's hand over his mouth.
"I don't know, Sasuke. It would be a little weird."
"It will be just two friends having a chat."
"Um…sure." She finally said and handed him her business card. He glanced at it and gaped at her. The waitress walked over to them with the drinks.
"You're a lawyer?"
"Yes." She smirked, proud and way too tipsy. She pulled out her wallet to pay but Sasuke waved his hand.
"Allow me to take care of the bill."
"Oh, no, that's ok, really."
"Please, it would be my honor." He pulled out his wallet and handed the waitress his credit card.
"Um…" Make his ass pay, she mused. After the crap she went through it didn't take much convincing. "Sure, thanks." She downed the cosmo and rose her glass in thanks.
Koga sighed. "Can we go now?"
Kagome didn't have time to answer. She was pulled out of the door without saying goodbye. Haji and the rest of the security followed. When they got out of the building, Koga released her and looked over his shoulder disapprovingly at her.
"What?"Kagome spat defensively.
"What was that?" Koga spat back.
"What was what?"
"That? Captain America over there with his million dollar smile."
"Sasuke?"
"Whatever, yeah, him."
"Like he said, we know each other from high school."
"It looked like you guys were flirting."
"Koga, what are you, the relationship police? I was waiting for you and he came up to me. You're acting like a jealous boyfriend. Why are you late anyway?"
"I was at Sesshomaru's, you know, your husband?" he patted his coat for cigarettes.
"Soon to be ex-husband. Come on, you know the situation between us." She scoffed.
"Yes, and it's so stupid. You never listen and you never learn."
"I didn't ask for this."
"Neither did he."
"I swear, sometimes I feel like you are more of his friend than mine!"
"Oh come on!" he followed her when she stormed down the block. "You think this is easy for me? I'm like the third wheel in this relationship, a fuckin' mediator. It's what I get for being the mutual friend. I should have just stayed my ass in L.A." he stopped and lit a cigarette. "I swear, if I'm not hearing you complaining about him, it's him complaining about you! I regret the day I made him comfortable around me to talk."
"Wait, what do you mean when he complains about me? What is he saying?"
He paused. "You see?" He walked over to his car and pressed his alarm key and unlocked the doors. "I can't do this anymore, Kagome. I feel like I'm having a crisis here, I'm having heart palpitations. I get headaches and can't sleep at night and it's not even my relationship! You guys are ruining my life."
"I think that's the drugs, Koga." She teased and he glared at her.
"That's not funny." He pointed at her as they got into the car. "You know I'm straight edged now, so don't tarnish my character like that. "
"You smoke…you are not straight edged!"
"What the shit, man? Can't a man have some fuckin' vices?"
"Stop cursing so much."
"I curse when I'm pissed off. You're pissing me off."
"You're pissing me off too!" she fumed.
They sat quietly in the car. She stared at her nails while he tapped the steering wheel. Haji and another guard got into the back of Koga's jeep. The others got into black BMWs', waiting to follow them. After the long silence Koga looked at his watch and sighed.
"I'm hungry."
"Me too…"she said. "Let's get Thai."
"You read my mind, doll face." He started the car and buckled his seatbelt. "You know I didn't mean that, right? You don't always piss me off."
"I know..." she smiled. "But can you promise me one thing?"
"What?"
"Tonight, can we not talk about Sesshomaru?"
Koga let out a deep sigh and glanced at her. "Sure. I won't mention a word about him."
"Good."
A/N:
Sorry if the chapters aren't being divided. I usually put a separation line but I think the codex for this website doesn't register it. So sorry again if this has caused you any confusion!