.. Some time back, her Mom had been cleaning out closets and drawers, tossing out reminders of the old life, as she called. Unknown to her mom, Sherry...had squirreled away alot of these small memories and kept them for herself. Her parents had split up several years before, and a year or two after that they had received notification that her dad had been killed in a car crash while working out of state. Sherry, already affected by the split, had struggled with regaining balance in her life, and. He hadn’t had a chance to talk to Erica about what had happened the night before. He knew she was worried about it, but he was pretty sure he could convince her not to be. He didn’t know how much he’d have to tell her about himself to convince her, though. He regretted what he had said. It had been an impulse, and he should have controlled it. It was really none of his business. She was so abrasive, though, that he hadn’t been able to resist taking a little jab at her. He felt bad about that. Both girls had cocktails but George seemed to have just a bit too much.Luckily the chauffer helped to get the girls into the limosene and back to the mansion.Nancy helped undress George and pour her into bed. Then she too went to her bed and stripped down for the night.Edward had been sneaking around earlier that night and had found the diaries both girls kept. It interested him that each girl had written about fantasies with his brother-in-law especially after the taunting his dear sister had. She told me how you tricked her into giving you her seal on an unwritten tablet. She thought you had cleared the clay, but instead you filled it in with instructions to the assassin. Unfortunately for you, you haven’t had enough experience with the marks to know that there is a difference between queen and Queen.”She stepped back slightly and continued in a more normal tone of voice. “You have named your own punishment,” she said firmly. “I make only two modifications to what you have.