Your wife had finally caved in and promised to be here, but when the fateful day had come, she couldn't make it. Her lawfirm dealt in Mergers & Acquis...tions, in which one deal could take years to conclude and a failure to conclude a mandate could mean the death of their organization. One of their clients had gotten cold feet and she was forced to go back to work, but there was no way a twelve year old girl could understand that.You still remember her expression as you hugged her sobbing body. I watched as both women went to the kitchen and began settingdishes on the table and lighting the candles.When we were seated at the table Lisa was on my right and Lori was on myleft. I had a hard time concentrating on my meal as I looked at the prettygirls on either side of me."Where do I know you from, Lori? You look so familiar," I asked."Lisa and I went to school together." I went to school with Lisa and I sure don't remember you. I don't think Iwould ever forget anyone as pretty as you." I. .. can't get the picture out of my head." Cindy, you drew this many times when you were fifteen. When you firststarted having seizures."It was the first time, and the last, Wendy used her daughter's name onQuiz. The name dove into Quiz's head and buried itself in her mind.The red dinosaur peeked over a fold of the brain and glaredmalevolently at the name. Quiz put a hand over her eyes.She took the sketch pad out of Wendy's hand, put it in her purse, andzipped and snapped it closed. She. Dave got up and put on his pants. "You may go, Zoe. But tell no one." I nodded my head, then got up grabbed my bags, put on my clothees, then ran home. my mom was super mad at me when i got ome because i was super later but i didnt care i just ran to my room and shut the door. .