I made a cup of plunger coffee and stood on my wet front veranda, sipping on the coffee, watching the road traffic and wondering if the wild spring we...ther was a presage to a rough summer.The screen door creaked open and closed behind me, "would you like a coffee?" I asked Mel who just stood quietly behind me to my left."I'm sorry." I looked back at her and realised that tears were streaming down her face. She'd wrapped her doona around herself for modesty's sake."What are you sorry for?" I. She started the car and turned the AC on high and stuck her face in one of the vents. Still feeling flushed and warm, she unbuttoned the top four buttons of her dress, pulled it open, and directed another vent to her chest."Jesus," she thought, as she tried to put the memory of the feel of his inner thigh into perspective. She'd been caught off guard. But what could she have done? He'd simply grabbed her and they were off around the room, smiling, meeting, and pretending... If... if only he'd. This time it was Katy who went to the door. As the doors to the kitchen were open I could hear what was happening even if I could not see a thing. And while ripping the meat out of the chickens I did not really want to move far from the sink. I heard the door open."Hi, ... Mom."There was a noticeable edge in Katy's voice, which made me wonder. Then I got it. Both of her mothers were already inside the house. The replying voice confirmed my thoughts."Hi. Can I please come in? Right now, I have. " "But we'll get to ski! And aren't you happy we'll get to spend some time together?" Came Lynn's quick retort. Nick smiled and ruffled his little sister's hair and said, "Yeah yeah we'll have fun." Lynn perked up and said, "Hey, do you want to hypnotize me while we wait on the rest of the family?" Nick smiled again. His little sister often offered to let him practice hypnotism. He found her to be pretty suggestible. He had found that using hypnotism you couldn't just have people do whatever.