Judging from the look on his face that last part was going greatalready.She kept the silent shocked staring going for more than a minute to thepoint w...ere it got too awkward for Mark to remain silent. He just feltlike he needed to apologise or something. Anything was better than thisstare his girlfriend gave him. The way so he thought she stared at himin disgust. It was scary, and it made him terribly nervous. Not that hecould blame her regarding what she had just seen and was still. But it became a pattern: Bill took the kids on alternate weekends and Brad would sleep over. That continued until one Sunday morning Bill came back with the twins to grab an extra pair of shoes for a trip he planned. Bill stayed outside as the twins came running up the stairs to get their things. I heard them and came out of my bedroom to ask what they were doing. As I spoke with them, Brad came out of the room wearing his robe and the twins saw him. I saw the shock and anger on Jase’s face and. But once again, he didn't, even when they toldhim how it was going to be from now on.Stacy explained it all to him. "Okay, first of all, we aren't going todraw from a hat anymore. It was fun, and I loved that you got to chosewhat you were going to do next, but I think it is too slow, and so do therest of us."Jake wasn't glad about that, because he was sure that meant he wouldn'tget any choices in the future. Or now.Stacy continued, "We will still use the ideas, but add them when we feellike it.. ” I said, and wiggled my fingers, letting the cuttlefish glow light them up. Joker’s eyes widened.“You have powers.” he grinned, licking his lips.“Yes, I do. And you’re sort of interrupting my big score.” I said, and walked back into the bank vault. Joker strolled in after me and started pocketing a few things.“Why don’t you, ah, join up with me and my crew? We could use a persuasive fellow like yourself! You wouldn’t even have to fight Batman.” Joker grinned toothily. I hesitated.“Best decide.