‘I know you’re hurting, spark. You can’t fight it out. You’ve got to push through, ah?’ Eldrian heard the words but they weren’t true. He...still didn’t feel the misery or confusion. Anahid. Why would you leave me like that? he thought and surprised himself at how sharp the words felt. But they were suitable. This person had no business in the final moments of his family. And father had no business raising it. Stupid, all of it, yet important just the same. The way the name had been spoken had. ?It?s still skin, Mary Kate, and it will burn. Besides, you?reonly like the color of a Starbucks soy latte. You need protection,too.??Well, well, well,? MK laughed. ?Who died and put you in charge??Blaine smiled. ?My mom put me in charge, and she insists that we ALLwear sunblock. So... if you don?t mind...?? He handed her the sunblock.?Well, in that case... I?ll wear it for your mom ? not for you.? MKsmiled her goofy smile as she took the tube as if it would sting herand applied as little as. A few others started to come out of the forest to start grazing on the grass at the edge of the field. Was that young twenty something woman a dream of a tired man who had yet to have his morning coffee? Could she truly be real? Her breasts pressed against my chest felt real. Her lips as she kissed me felt real. In the early morning light people see things and sometimes strange things. Was I simply caught up in my own fantasy of Heber Downs being a faerie world apart from the busy city life. Calmyourself!"Somehow I forced myself to stop squirming. Was Chris serious? Whatcould she possibly be thinking of, to bring a strange woman in thisway? To see me like this? Then, I reflected in the darkness that Chrishad always been an inventive lover, and I recalled her penchant forharmless, sexy mischief. Could this be some erotic plan of hers? Isubsided."That's better," she said. "Now let me introduce you two. Norman, thisis my sister. Her name is Chris, too. Sis, this..." She wiggled.