I put my finger to my lips, indicating we had to be quiet and still.“Anyone here?” the voice shouted again then I heard footsteps and the squeak o... the barn door closing and whoever it was walking away.“That was close,” I whispered. “That’s all I need, is to be caught with you.” She sighed. “Fuck, I’m tired of sneaking and hiding who I am.”I nodded, sensing Nina was on the verge of shaking up her life. “Do you know the line from T.S. Elliot about disturbing the universe?”“Yes, from J. Alfred. He was the coolest, most together man I'd ever known, and time and again he showed just how cool he was. Mom, on the other hand, was on the verge of tears."Please don't be upset, Sandra," Deb pleaded. "We're not angry. We want to talk about this first. It's the biggest step we've ever made in our lives and we want to be certain and confident we're doing the right thing."My mother sniffed and nodded, her eyes now red and her face showing embarrassment.It took a while before the mood in the house. Three years younger than Connor at twenty-four, she was a bit immature and flirty. She was leaning on her charms more than her wits at this stage of her career. And that was working fine for her.She laughed easily at his jokes as they walked and sipped from their to-go coffees. Connor had suffered a long night with some guy friends and was a touch hung-over. As they passed the Four Seasons, just a half block from their actual destination, he said, “I wish we were going in there instead of to. And if he’d had any kind of weapon in his clothes then he no longer had it available to him. Well, depended on your definition of weapon. She fought the sick impulse to giggle at a time like this. With a gun to her head it took almost no time for Trevor to hand over the cash from the safe and register that the man demanded, he was careful to have Trevor throw everything to him, never letting Trevor out of his sight but never letting him come within ten feet of them. Then he backed Trevor into.