[i]"What do you have left, Desmond?"[/i] [b]The question seemed strange. Not because of what it implied, but because of Chloe herself. She would have never asked something like this before.[/b] [b]And the more she looked at him, the more her eyes softened. She hated it. She didn't know why... But he felt... Different. She couldn't explain it, but she felt like they had plenty in common despite being from two very different worlds... But now, the gap had shortened, and she wasn't sure who was standing at the edge of the cliff. Very few could take the plunge, but she knew there was something there at the bottom.[/b]