”“Yeah, but, still...”“Detail. I’m now the guardian to a teenaged niece. The sister and brother-in-law that died with Mom and Dad were HER p...rents.”“Ouch. No other options for her?”“Nope.”“Lots of people do that single parent thing. And teenaged? I mean, she can take care of herself...”“Mostly. But she’s got Asperger’s. Needs a little more attention than the normal teen.”“Special ed?”“No, she’s in regular classes, but every now and then she has issues.”Mandy’s turn:Math class is first thing on. He quickly ran out of the freezing-cold ankle-deep water in which he’d reappeared and on to the dry bank. Clara smirked. She had not intended to transport Jeff into the water. Precision long-distance travel just happened to be one aspect of her powers that she hadn’t quite gotten the hang of yet. ‘Sorry about that,’ she said flatly. ‘Nah, it’s okay. I didn’t have time for a bath before we left, anyway,’ Jeff facetiously replied. ‘Where… where…’ Jeff trailed off, suddenly seeming very unsteady.. "You know I've been losing my mindabout this. When were you going to tell me?" I am telling you," said Miss Opal. "Fine, then when am I getting her in my studio, and why the hell is Raynot texting me back," said Veronica, texting on her phone again, allfrustrated. "He's probably under some stupid cape nowhere near his phoneand gawwd knows how worried he must be with them trying to paint him uplike something he's not. Now if I go down there like a crazed mother theyare going to want to kill me,. Hm...". She then quickly turned her back at me, removed her remaining wear, and ran into the water. It was just deep enough for her to hide, at least some, and she called for me to join. I finally took all my clothes off, before quickly joining her in the water.At first, she kept some distance, chatting about the warm water, amazing weather, and noticing the strong effort I put in, focusing on Olka's face, rather than what I really wanted to look at. We did spend a few minutes enjoying the.