It horrifies him. He is horrified.<\/p>\n
Mr. Gulley becomes a little crazed.<\/p>\n
He has a brief, desperate affair with Isabel Strickland from accounting; he comes out of it confident in the knowledge that Helissent is his only love, but Helissent does not see this affair in the same fashion.<\/p>\n
She meets him at the door a few days later. She is carrying a handbag.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve already told Fenris goodbye,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd he didn\u2019t eat you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wasn\u2019t hungry,\u201d Helissent says.<\/p>\n
He nods to her and he lets her go.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d take Junior,\u201d she says. She glances at the upstairs window. \u201cBut he won\u2019t leave the wolf. So \u2014 weekends, I guess. Summers, when he\u2019s older. When he needs me to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Gulley nods again, and she is gone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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