“If you three didn’t look so much alike, I’d say she wasn’t your sister at all. Red hair like that ... And your mother has blue hair. Who’s ...ver heard of a human with blue hair?”“Does it matter?” I asked. If people found out Mother was a dragon... “We want to book passage to at least Naith.”The halfling arched her eyebrow. “Tormin!”Her voice rang out across the decking. There were halflings up in the rigging, four of them. They were young looking. With them was a human female who was unfurling. Then my brothers took leave of my mother to gotheir separate ways, leaving her all alone on the sidewalk to wait forthe limo to take her back to Winnetka. The thought of her returning tospend the night as a widow in that big, lonely house broke my heart, andwithout thinking I threw on my coat, grabbed my purse and raced out thedoor of the bakery. Running as fast as I could in my high heels, I madeit to her limo just as it was about to pull away, and I pounded on thewindshield with both firsts. She grabbed her bag, and seemed surprised when I held open the door of my Suburban for her to get in. She was so tiny she had to practically jump to get into the truck, and as I made my way around to the drivers side I saw her attempt to return the favor. She smiled sheepishly as she realized she didn’t have the strength or reach to open my door, but I thanked her as I slid into the seat. I let her pick a station on Pandora as we pulled out of the parking lot, and we continued our earlier. There was no way I was going to sashay over to his house and ask for a repeat performance since I had done nothing for him while he was bringing me to unimagined fulfilment but the germ of an idea started to grow in my mind. I had often passed an adult bookstore out on the highway only a few miles from where I lived and the idea of going in there began to take on an irresistible appeal. I wondered if not only could I go in there but could I go in dressed in a brazen fashion. Not having.