. I'll find something." The attic," Luke suddenly said, around a mouthful of food. He'd started to eat sandwich pieces before he even put the sandwich...s together, so while he ate I washed my hands and moved over to the counter to do it for him."Huh?" The attic," he repeated. "You haven't really done much exploring, right? There's all sorts of old pictures and stuff in the attic. Probably some funny ones of Eddie and Jase. I mean, if you're bored you might want to check it out." Maybe I will," I. " I had to ask, Kay..." I understand, Sean. I saw what happened. I'm not like her." I know you're not, it's just..."She kissed me one more time to shut me up. "Go. Play well. Bring home the championship. Don't let anything break your concentration, especially worries about me. I've been here for you for longer than you know, and I'm not giving up on you, just because you're going to be out of town for a few days. Call me every night and let me know how it's going, if you'd like. In fact, you'd. Well Norm got so angry and drunk one night when he confronted her with the evidence that he knocked her around a bit and ended up breaking her nose and giving her a big black eye. It was nothing really very serious but Beth went to the base hospital anyway for treatment telling the medics that her husband had been drunk and pushed her around a little.Of course the hospital medics had to make a report of the incident and in the next couple of days the rumors were flying all over the base. Beth. "Tim, are you there?"The scent. The musky scent was familiar but slightly different - somehow richer, deeper, stronger, almost offensive in its intensity. This was not Lori's scent."Tim, I've got to go. We'll talk later." I could hear angry muttering in the background; her boss laying down the law."Don't worry Lori hon. Love you. See you later."I let the phone drop into the cradle and looked at the panties once more. There had been another detail nagging at my sub-conscience, just out of reach..