Imminent contact. Whatever she was seeing/hearing/smelling was CLOSE!!! Chris broke silence, and quietly called out, "Sighting on Mama." The others st...rted converging on her position. None were more than 150 yards from her. Vince and Bruce were wearing night vision goggles, and Bruce saw something, just behind where Sue was sitting. He was nearly soundless as he covered the distance in long strides. He stopped to get his bearings behind a large cottonwood tree, and saw something large moving. "I want to give these to Rachelle and Mary, if you think they'll wear them," she announced. She opened the first box and pulled out what appeared to Adam to look like a swimsuit – or least a portion of a swimsuit."Is that a Wally Walrus?" Sarah gasped.Allie nodded."A guy at the club where I danced gave me a set of them," she said. "And before you ask, I didn't do any 'favors' for him. He just wanted me to dance in them. Only one of them fit. The rest of them are still in the original boxes.. She started to get up, remembered something and dropped back to her knees. "Also, Dear God, please send me a man. I haven't had sex with another human since my husband died. Amen."She climbed into bed and pulled the covers tight to shield her from the nippy, Cape Cod, October weather. She lay there, letting her thoughts wander. It had been two years since the children left for school and she turned her beautiful five-bedroom Tudor style house into a bed and breakfast inn. She really didn't need. "You're the famous Sister Patrice?" Not a sister anymore, Mum." You look surprised to see me." Yes, frankly. She never mentioned..." That her mother's in a wheelchair? It seems she has a lot in her life she needs to forget." Zing," Miss Nguyen said."How is she?" You've got fucking balls—" Miss Nguyen said, but the mother cut her off."She hasn't come out of her room in three days," she said. "And she won't tell me what you did to her. I can only guess." I'm ready to give myself over —" But you.