I felt so damn guilty about how this was going to hurt them and now I had to lie to them for the third time tonight. “Honey everything is fine. Do y...u have all your homework done?” I asked hoping to get them involved with something else for the moment. “Yes daddy,” she answered looking around me and seeing her mother on the bed still crying. “Okay honey, how about if you go down stairs and get a bowl of ice cream for you and your sister, then pick out one of your movies and sit and watch it. She looked up and smiled into the mirror and instead of a 55 year old sexy woman smiling back at her there was a perfect characterization of a 65 or 70 year old grandmother staring at her! Well, she thought I am what I am and now its time to get on the road and surprise my Billy.A little while later Natty drove up to her house and parked — well it was really more of a cottage than a house. The home was set back on an acre of tall pine trees and grass and was a small two bedroom, one bathroom. Carmine woke up the morning of her anniversary and slipped into the shower. She tried to reign in the emotions that were running through her. He'd hadn't stayed out all night in so long that when he wasn't in bed with her that morning, it only confirmed her suspicions. She lost her battle and the tears fell like rivers down her soft cheeks. When she left the safety of the bathroom it was only to climb into her bed and curl under the blankets. There she stayed until she heard the pounding on her. " "But we'll get to ski! And aren't you happy we'll get to spend some time together?" Came Lynn's quick retort. Nick smiled and ruffled his little sister's hair and said, "Yeah yeah we'll have fun." Lynn perked up and said, "Hey, do you want to hypnotize me while we wait on the rest of the family?" Nick smiled again. His little sister often offered to let him practice hypnotism. He found her to be pretty suggestible. He had found that using hypnotism you couldn't just have people do whatever.