The next day; "-on three, one, two, THREE!!" "Owwwww---what the hell!! That hurt!!" Makumi wailed in anguish as Dakota straightened her busted ankle. "If you'd learn how to knot a proper lace, we wouldn't be here, now would we?" Dakota asked as he tried to fix her joints back together. "I do know how to knot a lace, I just hadn't noticed that it came undone.." she retorted as her hands held his shoulders for support while she sat on one of the stools in the kitchen and Dakota continued to inspect her ankle. He sighed. "Which proves my point of your incompetence...there, all better" His words stung and she didn't know which one hurt more, his words or her throbbing ankle? Earlier this morning, Makumi had decided to do some cleaning in the hallway upstairs, out of the goodness of her h

