My lie was actually one of omission. As I read and reread each of the spells (actually a continuation of the spell my sisters had used to bring me ba...k), my mind kept going back to something that Jo had told me when she gave me the book. She said that Mama ‘knew I would do the right thing.’ That struck an unsettling cord in my mind. Mama had never approved of ANYTHING I did. She saw me as wild, impetuous, rebellious, untrustworthy, selfish, and a whore. And she was right, of course. I was all. Ada, who had always been told her dominate characteristics came from her father’s side, could take comfort from his longevity. However, she told herself that, if she had the choice of living quietly to ninety or to live life to its fullness and die decades earlier, she’d choose the shorter life for herself without hesitation. What had really brought her grief and had slapped her in the face with the trouble that was brewing in the world, however, happened the following month, in May. An. ”She smirked. “I gathered that,” she said. “How are you today, Davey?” I could see that she was concerned. She and I had talked numerous times over the weeks since I lost my love and my aunt. We’d talked, but we had avoided—I had avoided—talking about my women. I had just been unable to deal with the loss. But, I sensed it was time to come back to some semblance of normality. Seeing Stacey standing near me made me feel safer if that would have been the way to say it.I shrugged. “Okay, feeling. .." I turned and drew a deep breath through my nose, picking up the fragrance of her perfume. "It's in the dream." What else?" That bunch of Iraqis streaming out of the building screaming 'Allah Akhbar'. RPG's (Auth. Note: Rocket Propelled Grenades. Designed as anti-tank weapons, they're powerfully explosive and easily transported and used as pocket artillery on battlefields around the world) AK's ( the ubiquitous AK-47, the most common fire-arm in the world) and that one guy waving that knife..