Chapter Twenty Six_Final Separation?

She walked slowly around the room, all the while smoking quietly.

"So why are you telling me all this, huh?" She asked, one eyebrow raised.

"I don't know. Guess I feel rather kinned to you," Al explained, shrugging his shoulders.

She sat down heavily on her sofa, then stared at Al, her face filled with questions.

"Do you know what you've done for us?" Al asked her in an emotional way.

"For your part, I'm perfectly sure. For my part; I don't quite know. But I'm well prepared for whatever." She casually answered.

"Oh, you good man...," She sighed, coming to hug Al as he was looking very morose.

They stood still for some moments, She hugging him tightly.

Having hugged the sadness out of him, She disengaged from him, patted him soundly at the back, then stood back to look at him.

She tweaked his nose playfully, and he grinned at her actions.

Al then moved away from her, to stand stoically near the window.