But instead she closed the door, and the blinds, then for good measure turned off half the lights. Anyone looking in from outside would think the room...was empty."I'm terribly sorry about this, Adam, but I don't know what has come over me," she told him as she started to walk back and unbuttoned her blouse. "I've never done this with a student before, and I hope you won't tell."Adam had to blink to make sure this was the same woman he had been taking English from for the past year. She pulled. They hadn’t heard from Sandman as everything was still hush hush over there. I woke early Saturday morning and went for my run. Getting back I had a shower and got dressed coming down to a nice breakfast. Mother’s gotta love them! I then went in with dad and helped him open the store. While in the store the direction of my life changed. ‘Roger, Roger Easton?’ I turned around and there was Susan Bates standing next to this gorgeous brunette. ‘Susan Bates. How are you?’ ‘I’m good Roger but it’s. I got the sense that something had changed and I reeled, off-balance. All was blackness, so I couldn’t be certain whether I’d tripped or even been sent sprawling by something unseen. The sound repeated again and the blackness was replaced for a moment by bright whiteness. I could make no sense of anything and I resigned myself to collapsing to the ground until the flashes stopped. But as soon as I threw out my hand, reaching to feel for the ground beneath me, a third flash stunned me again and. "John Greenwall, you'll put that satanic device away if you know what's good for you." Aw, com'n, Sweetie. I've captured every Christmas morning on video since Sam was a baby." And every Christmas morning I threaten you."Ana piped in then, "And every Christmas night you reward him."Mia and Mom both laughed. I just smiled."I mean it, John. Get another scan of the room and then put it away."John sighed dramatically. "Fine." He scanned the scene slowly and then turned off the camera.Mom had.