I just usually know I'm doing it."Again she paused for a few seconds, then asked, "Were you hoping I was going to seduce you?"Silence again gave her a... answer."But now that you know how old I am, you've changed your mind. Is that it? Now everything is different."This time she waited for an answer, letting him know that silence was no longer an option."I guess it shouldn't be, but I don't know," he finally said."Have I grown less attractive to you in the last few minutes?" No." But now that I'm. I could use my computer monitor to watch four rooms simultaneously while I watched a fifth on my TV screen. That left only four Peepers unmonitored at a time. I could live with that.The big shopping expedition arrived home at 7:30. I had sandwich stuff on the table for them when they arrived. That made everyone grateful except Jane. She just got more suspicious.After supper everyone settled down to watch TV. I went to my room to test everything for the big premier of the Hanson family network.. ‘Sorry to startle you like that – my flight landed a half hour early. But how’ve you been? How’s the old town? You have to tell me everything!’ ‘Good — I’m good,’ I stutter. ‘How’re you?’ ‘I’m great!’ he says. ‘New York is amazing – you’ll have to come out sometime – but good ol’ California will always be home.’ ‘That’s great,’ I say weakly. I’m pathetic. * The drive home is long, and Liam and I cover every topic in an attempt to keep the silence from weighing too heavily, school, work, our. This is my first submission, so please be kind! Comments and constructive criticism are welcome. *********************************************** Chapter 1 JOEL Sometimes I think about the images that will flash back to me when that moment comes that I’m about to take my last breath, the memories that will stand out to me amid the sand of the moments of my life. I know without a doubt that one of those memories will be the day I first saw Jill Warren. I was fresh out of college and had accepted.