Did you talk to Andy?"Rebecca covered her face with her hands and wept. "I think there'ssomething wrong with him and I"m not sure what to do." She fel... hermother sit next to her on the couch and pull her into a hug."Don't worry, sweetheart. We're going to figure this out." I hope so," Rebecca sniffled. She felt so helpless. What could possiblybe the problem?"Did he tell you anything?" Grandma Robinson inquired."No. I went up to talk to him, but he already was in bed." That's unusual."Rebecca. " Unfortunately that takes the university out of the picture," Amanda saidsadly."What about going to high school?" I asked. "You could learn what youneeded to know to pass the CARE?" No!" Bella said sharply."I'm sorry?" I said apologetically realizing I had touched a nerve."Sorry... it's just that high school for a little has to be the worstplace in the world other than a daycare... It might be worse than thatthough too..." We've got some other ideas to think of too," Amanda told her softly.. S xxx.”I was not sure what to expect but got out an empty rucksack to carry whatever the “rest” was. It might only have been a 5 minute walk to the charity shop but felt a lot longer. There was a red boa in the window at an absolutely silly price, too expensive for a boa but I picked it up and went to the counter to pay. The same woman was behind the counter and looked quizzically at me waiting. Finally I said “I am interested in the rest of the bag” “Course you are , dear” she said bored. At almost the same time, a short distance away, a group of plotters huddled around a small fire built to drive away the midnight air. They were all male, all Egyptian, and by the judge of their attire, they were members of some religious sect or cult."Venerable leader, we must do something before they remove the sacred body of our Goddess to a foreign land!"The ancient withered man with the jeweled staff of authority looked at young Amentop and choose his words carefully."You are correct, my.