Was that a black thong that peeked out under that skirt?Maria shivered at the skimpy clothing her own flesh and blood dared to put on."There is NO WAY...you're going out like that honey!", she had told her baby not twenty minutes before. She had been sitting in the family room, watching TV when she caught sight of her teenage daughter bouncing down the hall towards the front door."I'm going out mom, see ya!"Maria had put her foot down. No daughter of her's will be going out like that. No. " I turned to my wife, "Andy can you help Amanda pack? She is leaving and staying with us."Andy just nodded. Grimacing with pain--yes we are going to the doctor tomorrow, damn the costs--she went to Amanda and helped her up. I went to Lisa and helped her."But... but, Alex?" Amanda stammered. But this was over. After getting Lisa to her feet, I went to Amanda, cupping her face in my hands. Then I really broke every rule.I kissed her on the lips. I could taste her blood, I could feel her tremble,. I might listen to your advice if you were to go with me. Since you and John are being assholes by not coming, I’ll wear what I want.”“This is a private journey that you are going on and you have to do it alone,” Ed replied as he picked up a pair of tennis shoes and threw them in the backpack.She started to remove them, but saw the look on his face and left them there. She spat, “You don’t know that!”“I’m in their service already. Accept that John and I know a few things about becoming Druids,”. I could see that Linda wanted to talk. She was clutching my tablet in her hand and looking excited. She waited only until I'd drunk my first sip of coffee, before getting down to business."We're ready to ask for the mobile homes," Linda informed me as I put my coffee down and reached for my utensils. "Emma and I have gone over a number of possible models, picked the ones we want, and we've reconfigured them for our needs. All our work is in a file on the tablet. Now we need you to request it."I.