Katrina sighed. She couldn't blame him for being miserably. Ash had gotten severely burned when trying to put out a fire that had happened at a nearby...neighbor's house a few weeks ago. He had acted heroically when he rushed into the burning building to help pull one of the kids out from under some debris, but he paid the price for his recklessness when some rogue flames burnt his hands, torso and legs. Ash recovered quickly, as he has been known to do, but his body and legs were covered in. .. siblings?" Adopted. Both of us." Talith shrugged, before pulling his slit mouthinto a smile. "The cloak isn't magic, or made of special thread, oranything like that, if you're wondering. It's just a normal cloak. Butour ma made it with love, and patched it every time it tore. I've rarelyseen Lonna without it." Lonna can hear you," Lonna called, back, fists on her hips and a scowlon her lips. "Look. It's just a cloak. Stop trying to make it seemimportant, and focus on the townsfolk who want. " Oh, sorry we have filled it already, but if you give me the name we'llkeep it just in case," he told me. "But Detective Waters looks reallypromising." Waters? From West Virginia?" I asked looking up at Tiffany a smile on myface."Yes we were just getting ready to set up the interview. He's flying inthis afternoon with his Son and Daughter. Do you know him?" I just met his wife, I think you've found your new Detective."We left early heading home for the weekend. Tiffany and Sherry went tothe. .. and the dog.We got back home eventually, around 5pm. After a meal my Aunt asked me if I wanted to come to bingo with her. She didn't keep drink in the house but I'd seen that she was quite fond of her lager when she was out socially. She spent a lot of evenings up at the local miners welfare club. I usually went too but I declined to go this time, saying I had a slight headache. My brief sexual encounter with that randy pub dog had wet my appetite, I had other plans...She eventually got.