April could sense that something was bothering Laura. "You feeling okay? You look real depressed. I hope it wasn't my cooking." Are you kidding? This ...as delicious. No... I guess I'm just tired," Laura said, rubbing the back of her neck. "I've been working too hard on that acquisition project." You should let me rub your back," April offered. "I'm really good at it. I do it all the time for my friends. My boyfriend says it makes him feel even better than-"She stopped, clearly flustered.Laura. ‘Mr. Archer, I hope I can tell you this in terms your experience and training has prepared you for.’ She looked at me closely, trying to read me. She sighed. ‘In for a penny, in for a pound,’ she muttered. Taking a deep breath, she laid it out for me. ‘I’m all but certain that one of the reasons in taking Mr. Pathetic as a lover, was that Laura was reversing the roles she experienced with you early in your marriage. I’ve found some indications that Laura was trying to…teach…uh…Brian how to be. And leave the keys in thecar," he reminded Douglas.Douglas did as bidden. The family got out. Douglas and Terence lookedlike a normal couple at least from the back. Winnie in her tux wasn'ttoo out of place to the casual eye. Kevin, who was still sucking uponhis pacifier, looked ridiculous from any angle in his flower girl dress.But by far the most scandalous looking of the group was Terra who wasdressed only in her teddy and high heeled sandals. With the trashymakeup she was wearing in. I chuckled at my now almost forgotten nickname: The Portly Poet. "Getting a bit more than Portly!"I glanced around. Now was not the time for another surprise visitor, for inside the fish I had found something. Looking like a series of dull white rings chained together with fine mesh, it unfolded into a fingerless half glove. Not silver, it wouldn't take a mark, even from my Runed dagger. Not the same material as my gray metal Titanium gloves, somehow it felt more silken. The tiny links holding.