Dinner went very quickly after that. I knew that I wasn't much in the way of company, but I also knew that I didn't have much choice about it. I was afraid that if I spoke now, I would let something slip and he would discover that it was me that had been going through his things and had tripped his security. He must have had a laser in there or something. “Is that alright with you?" I heard Jacob ask me. 'Great, I missed something,' I needed to start paying better attention, because there was no way that I could keep losing focus like this in any way. “Sorry, what was that?" I asked, turning to him entirely. “The doctors want to come and give you a check-up tomorrow," Jacob repeated what he had probably just said. “They want to be sure that the regimen is working well and your body is

