“WE’VE BECOME VERY good friends,” said Slade, appearing at the top of the stairs and looking very good in his faded blue jeans and black leather jacket. He walked down toward us, a stern expression on his face. “You don’t have a problem with that, do you Aiden?” Aiden grinned. “No. Of course not.” “Where’ve you been?” asked Liam. “I flew back home to change and look through my mail. So, are you two ready to do some shopping?” he asked, looking over at Melody and me. “Hell, yeah,” said Melody. I nodded. “Yeah, it should be fun.” “Good, then we should get started,” he replied with a tight smile. “Did you really fly all the way home just to take a shower? Where do you live? Romania?” asked Melody. He nodded. “How long does it take you to get there and fly back?” I asked, impressed my

