NOEL FOUGHT AGAINST the memories of his dreams centered on this woman. He had often wondered if she would remember him as they breached the gap of the subconscious and joined minds for a few hours each night for the past six months. The steady and slightly wary look in her emerald eyes said she did not know him. Many people forgot their dreams upon awakening, as was obvious in this case. The realization left him feeling oddly disappointed yet relieved at the same time. To Elise Colby they seemed as nothing more than strangers who had met only moments ago, though he felt as if he had known this woman a lifetime. As Noel had penetrated Elise and Matthew Colby’s minds each night he always felt like an outsider viewing scenes of a happy family life he had never known. At first the dreams had

