“I have it,” he said. “You do realize Cyn knows.”“About these?” I waved my hand at the books and papers.“Uh huh. She wants to publish th...m as fiction ... science fiction.”“High fantasy, more like,” I said. “Any possibility she believes it?”“The three of us rescued the portal.”“Oh ... now I remember ... Frogmorton. Home.”“Such as it was. We can no longer call it home.”“Regardless, we grew up there.”“I don’t believe that ... we grew up on this boat. Home is where you hang your hat ... that’s mine. Heis wearing a pair of girl's skinny jeans over a pair of panties and aman's shirt over his bra. Oh, yes, and he's wearing a pair of heels. Butno, he's not dressed up, not really. Not as dressed up as if her werewearing these adorable panties..." Valerie slipped the panties withtheir forth of lace and ribbons out of Lisa's hands and held them infront of Frankie, "and the bra, and the garter belt that goes withthem..."Frankie quivered as he looked first at his mother and then at Valerie."Well,. As we were eating, Jacob came back.Jacob: Sorry about that, it was Alex. They are back in our house.Me: So are we going to meet them at your house? Jacob: You may if you want. But I have to go to the place I want to take you to make some arrangements – drinks, food and all.Me: Oh, then Alex knows the place?Jacob: Well, he sort of does, but he isn’t really sure. Do you remember how we got to the cave yesterday?Me: Yes, why?Jacob: Perfect, then why don’t you go to Alex and take them. He was likely an ally to that demon,or maybe just thought that I could be used as some sort of politicalleverage. There was only one thing that I was pretty certain of,that nothing good was likely to come of whatever they werediscussing."So, you said you have a family that you're taking care of," Terrasegued after a momentary pause. "Is that like a sick husband or...?" Husband?!" I blurted in surprise, scrunching my face up in distaste."Definitely not." Children then?" the blonde pressed for.