"Oh why did you have to come home early why ? " " WHAT so this is my FUCKING fault ITS MY FUCKING FAULT YOU HAD THOSE BASTARDS COCKS IN YOUR FUCKING M...UTH IN YOUR CUNT AND UP YOUR FUCKING ARSE !!! " i scream " That's not what i meant " she shouts back at me " How long ... how long has this been going on and don't you dare fucking lie to me Lisa i mean it ? " i snarl at her " Two maybe three weeks, look it will never happen again i promise " So it DIDN'T just HAPPEN did it , OH and BY THE WAY I. As I stared at my reflection, I could see myself begin to shrink, slowlyat first, but with increasing speed. And as I shrank other changes took place, my face was remodellingitself, and I watched and felt the bones and flesh shift painlessly, asmy face changed, until a stranger's face gazed out of the mirror at me.I watched in fearful amazement as my green eyes turned sky blue and myclose-cropped dark brown hair shifted to golden blonde and cascaded overmy now slender shoulders.My clothes hid. Your father, Thomas, helped some during this period, but his wife became aware of Cyn and her condition, which made it hard for him to help much. I am not sure how much you know about Thomas Bradley. He was older than your mother and in a thankless marriage, which he could not, no matter how much he wanted to, get out of. He did keep in contact with your mother until you were about seven, then things changed, and there was not much further contact.He was the one to find this house. He knew. He assumed they had reached the body of the creature, or at least were no longer in the unoccupied portion. More fleshy corridors were appearing, most of them containing some kind of biological trap like the spikes from before. Wherever this deepest portion of the shell was, it had to be close by. Besides, there was also plenty of incentive to take the risk. While they did a lot of traveling, much of their time was spent gathering treasure. Their packs and pockets were getting heavy with.