You know soon all this will belong to you and Nina," he swung his arm from one side of the truck to the other, "You and she are the only ones left in ...he family. It's going to take the two of you to hold it"He seemed to be wandering and I figured it must be the alcohol effecting his thoughts but I said nothing."Your mom was one of the best women in the world. She had a way with people and she could get them to come on her side no matter what the odds said." He seemed to be looking off in a. Both Ben and Mason appeared about twenty minutes later, with Mason scooping me up in a bear hug while Ben immediately created a screen and began tapping on it.“Nicely done, man,” Mason said when he let me go.“Thanks. It was the only thing I could think of to get us out of that situation. How are your characters holding up?”“We’re both fine. It seems that our bodies are quite a bit more durable than your own.”“That and the fact that our suits are designed to prevent us from losing. I got this just for you." Uh, thanks baby," he said glancing at the money clip then dismissing it by tossing it onto the dresser top."What is it Jimmy? What's wrong?" she asked trying to contain her own disappointment."I don't understand it. Yesterday when that bet paid off I was sure things had turned around, that things were going my way at last. Then tonight I laid everything on what should have been a sure thing, but those damned Pistons lost by eight. Eight points! Would you believe that?". There's a nice queen-sized bed in the main guest room."Before she closed the door on us she and Zelda embraced, murmuring to each other. Probably some last-minute instructions about not getting blood on the sheets and steeling herself for the pain that would herald her entrance into womanhood.Zelda closed the door and turned to me, a naughty smile on her lips and her eyes shining with anticipation - or so I hoped. "Alone at last with no mum to worry about. Just the three of us, you, me and my.