" "Yes Ma'am," I said. She referred to her time with Charles, of course. The first time, right after the ceremony. I had been drinking with my new hus...ands and wives and they'd been careful not to make any reference to what was happening in the other room. It had been so strange, the niggling sense of betrayal, yet the trust and affection I felt for Lucia keeping me from going to pieces. They obviously had tried to distract me, seeming to know the conflicted thoughts I'd be feeling. But I. "And I saw you take his hand." You're an observant little minx, aren't you?"Annette grinned. "And all that talk about smug conmen. I haven't heard you being funny like that since Daddy left." She looked down at her feet again."Do you miss him?" No way!"There was silence until they got home. As Deborah shut the door behind them, Annette asked, "Do you miss him, Mum?" No!" said Deborah firmly. "Not one bit but I do miss having another grown-up to share my problems with and indeed lots of other. She had not noticed me yet. "Hey dad, who's..." she started, but never finished. "Alex?" Apparentally everyone was completely shocked to see me again. "Tanya, Allen," I greeted them. "How have you been?" Everyone was now getting over their shock at seeing me, and Allen asked "So, what brings you back here?" "Heh, I will give you the short version," I started. "Remember how mom was the last time you saw her? How she had the all-knowning and all-powerful temperament?" All their heads knodded at. No more doors, just more halls. The was finally another door. I opened it without thinking. The room was filled with all kinds of weird machines. I moved around them, listening intently to make sure nobody was around. "Hey," a man's voice said. My head wipped up until I spotted the man a few yard down from me. How had I missed him? He was older than me, in his 20's. He was wearing jeans and a t-shirt. He had dark hair and eyes, they regarded me with smug superiority. "Wh-who are you?" I.