" It wasn't Peter!", mom replied quietly."It must have been Peter.", said Susan, "Mr Jackson was out. I know, I saw him leave and the only other perso... in the house was your son."Mom just looked Susan straight in the eye and said nothing. Susan stared back. You could almost hear her mind ticking over! The possibilities suddenly dawned on her."If it wasn't Peter and it can't have been Mr Jackson then it could only have been your... ", Susan broke off in mid sentence. "Your son!", she continued,. "Here you go. You can call this your room while you are here. There's a bathroom right across the hall you can use too. I have an ensuite in my bedroom which I use most of the time and there's another bathroom as well. Once you are settled in I will give you the nickel tour."He left her in the bedroom to unpack while he went to get the other bag. He made sure the car was locked and then came in with the suitcase, which had wheels so it was easy to roll around. He left her to unpack and get. He is a superlative salesman and this trip was his most successful ever. The commission he earned from this sale would have paid off the remaining 25 years of our mortgage in a single payment. In spite of the magnitude of the success, he was acting strangely. He had trouble meeting my eyes and he was very quiet. I asked him what was wrong but he denied that there were any problems.It is not in his nature to lie and he is very bad at keeping things from me. I didn't even have to press him. On. Amy I am sorry."The steps are coming towards me now and I can faintly see afigure eluding into the candle light."Heather I am very disappointed in the fact that you have hiddenyour true desires from the people you love the most. The peoplewho would help you through anything and see that you were ableto succeed in all that you wanted. But I have forgiven you. Oh,at first I wanted to kill you. The pain that you caused mydaughter. But I helped her overcome that pain and I must admitthat it has.