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Monday, May 31st, 2010

    Time Event
    1:30a
    Tell them I'm going to help you get the Seeker...
    Tell them I'm going to help you get the Seeker out of that body
    CHAPTER 51
    Prepared
    Ifound Jared and Jamie in our room, waiting for me, worry on both their facesJared must have
    talked to Jeb
    “Are you all right?” Jared asked me, while Jamie jumped up and threw his arms around my
    waist
    I wasn't sure how to answer his questionI didn't know the answer“Jared, I need your help
    Jared was on his feet as soon as I was done speakingJamie leaned back to look at my faceI
    didn't meet Jamie's gazeI wasn't sure how much I could bear right now
    “What do you need chanel watch women me to do?” Jared askedI could use some… extra muscle
    “What are we after?” He was intense, already shifting into his mission mode
    “I'll explain on the wayWe don't have a lot of time
    “Can I come?” Jamie said
    “No!” Jared and I said together
    Jamie frowned and let me go, sinking down onto the mattress and crossing his legsHe put his
    face in his hands and sulkedI couldn't look directly at him before I ducked out of the roomI
    was already yearning to sit beside him, to hold him tight and forget this whole mess
    Jared followed as I retraced my path through gucci horsebit hobo the south tunnel
    “Why this way?” he asked
    “I…” He would know if I tried to lie or evade“I don't want to run into anyoneJeb, Aaron, or
    Brandt, particularly
    “Why?”
    “I don't want to have to explain myself to them
    He was quiet, trying to make sense of my answer
    I changed the subject“Do you know where Lily is? I don't think she should be aloneShe
    seems…”
    “Ian's with her
    Ian would help Lily–he was exactly what she needed nowWho would help Ian when… ? I
    shook my head, shaking the thought away
    “What are we in such a hurry to get?” Jared asked me
    I took a tiffany canada deep breath before I answered him
    The south tunnel was blackI could not see his faceHis footsteps did not falter beside me, and
    he didn't say anything for several minutesWhen he spoke again, I could hear that he was
    focusing on the raid–single-minded, setting aside whatever curiosity he felt until after the
    mission was planned to his satisfaction
    “Where do we get them?”
    “Empty cryotanks are stored outside Healing facilities until they're neededWith more souls
    coming in than leaving, there will be a surplusNo one will guard them; no one will omega watch orange notice if
    some go missing
    “Are you sure? Where did you get this information?”
    “I saw them in Chicago, piles and piles of themEven the little facility we went to in Tucson
    had a small store of them, crated outside the delivery bay
    “If they were crated, then how can you be sure –”
    “Haven't you noticed our fondness for labels?”
    “I'm not doubting you,” he said“I just want to make sure that you've thought this through
    I heard the double meaning in his words
    “Let's get it done, then
    Doc was already gone–already with Jeb, as we hadn't passed him on the omega deville watch way
    1:49a
    Her eyes met his almost immediatelyhe was...
    Her eyes met his almost immediatelyhe
    was standing only arm's length away
    Scarlett's pride kept her from reaching out to himhe knew be looking
    for him, she thought angrilyWho does he think he anyhow, to come
    strolling into my world and just stand there expect me to fall into
    his arms? There are plenty of men in this room, even-who've been
    smothering me with attention, hanging around my drawing room,
    sending
    flowers every day, notes, and even jewelryWhat makes Mister Nigh
    and
    Mighty Butler think that all he has to do is lift his little finger and
    I'll running? "What a pleasant surprise," she said, and the cool tone
    of her voice pleased her
    Rhett held out his hand, and she put hers in it without louis vuitton taschen thinking
    "May I have this dance, MrsO'hara?" Scarlett caught her
    breath in alarm"Rhett, you're not going to tell on me?
    Everybody believes I'm a widow!" he smiled and took her into his
    arms
    as the music began"Your secret is safe with me, Scarlett
    She could feel the rasp of his voice on her skin, and his warm breath"What the devil are you doing here?" she askedHis hand was warm at her waist, strong,
    supporting,
    directing her body as they turnedUnconsciously Scarlett revelled in
    his strength and rebelled against his control over her even as she
    remembered the joy of following his steps in the giddying swirling
    motion of the waltz"I couldn't resist my
    curiosity," he said"I was in London on business, and everyone cartier tank watch was
    talking about an American who was taking Dublin Castle by storm
    'Could that be Scarlett of the striped stockings?" I asked myselfBart Morland confirmed my suspicionsThen I
    couldn't get him to stop talking about youhe even made me ride
    with
    him through your town
    According to him, you rebuilt it with your own hands His eyes raked
    over her from head to toe"You've changed, Scarlett," he said
    quietly"The charming girl has become an elegant, grown-up woman
    I
    salute you, I really do The unvarnished honesty and warmth of
    his voice made Scarlett forget her resentments"Thank you, Rhett,"
    she
    said"Are you happy in Ireland, Scarlett?"
    "Yes, I am His words were rich with deeper meaningFor the first
    time in all the balenciaga motorcycle handbag years she'd known him, Scarlett understood Rhett, at
    least in parthe did come to see me, she understood, he's been
    thinking about me all this time, worrying about where I'd gone and
    how
    I washe never stopped caring, no matter what he saidhe loves me
    and always will, just as I'll always love him
    The realization filled her with happiness, and she tasted it, like
    champagne; sipped it, to make it lastRhett was here, with her, and
    they were, in this moment, closer than they had ever beenAn
    aide-decamp approached them when the waltz ended His Excellency
    requests the honor of the next dance, Mrs Rhett raised his
    eyebrows in the quizzical mockery Scarlett remembered so well
    Her lips curved in a smile for him chanel white purses alone"Tell His Excellency that I
    will be delighted," she saidShe looked at Rhett before she took the
    aide's arm"In Clayton County," she murmured to Rhett, "we'd say
    that
    I was in high cotton She heard his laughter follow her as she walked
    awayI'm allowed, she told herself, and she looked back over her
    shoulder to see him laughingIt's really too much, she thought, it's
    not fair at allhe even looks good in those silly satin britches and
    shoesHer green eyes sparkled with laughter when she curtseyed to
    the
    Viceroy before they began to danceScarlett felt no real surprise
    that Rhett was no longer there when she looked for him againFor as
    long as she had known him, Rhett had appeared and chanel wallet disappeared
    without
    explanatio

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