” Lisa said before she vanished.After Lisa was gone I thought aloud, “I wonder why this transformation is so different than my first one.”When w... arrived in the kitchen Grandpa looked at us funny, “Did you two do something to your hair. Something seems different. I just can’t say what though.” At first, I thought the change had already come and we could avoid the getting very sleepy thing. “Do you have big plans for after school tomorrow or something? Dates maybe?”I groaned and when Grandpa. I know how well you get along with her." Not upset at all. She is your mother. By the way, what happened with you and Heather?" She didn't take to me. Said she likes older guys. I can't fix old! I think she fancies you."That seemed unlikely. A couple of days later, Heather came to help Arnold pack for his trip north. I watched them give pokes, pats, and affectionate hugs, and they laughed often. Finally his car was loaded and he was ready to go. I gave him a bear hug and he drove away. Heather. Jimmy slid just underneath the semi truck zooming down the highway. He wasn’t as lucky when the red BMW came the other way. Green. Green was everywhere. Specs of gray slowly came into focus. He saw his father’s headstone. He saw his mother in tears. He was only eight, but he could not cry. Black. A sea of black. A spectrum of colors methodically appeared. He was riding his blue ten-speed his mother had given him for his twelfth birthday. Snowball, the family shiatsu mutt, was following him. ?GETOUT!!? I was glad to leave her. Part 4 :Daphne?s Epiphany I left her for a while.I found her sitting in the lounge and took her a tray with her meal and somemore wine. ?Thank you, slave,? shesaid. I think she was feeling a bit remorseful about how she?d treated me butof course she didn?t apologise. ?Stay here,? she waved for me to kneel besideher. She didn?t seem interested in food for once but she gulped down the wine.She turned on the TV and started flipping through the channels. Too.