It was boring just lying there and I must have dozed off, as the next thing I recall is the voices of the boys as they got back home. "Where is she?" ...ow am I supposed to know?" MOM? ARE YOU UP THERE?"I called out, "Yes, up here." I don't think they heard, but regardless, I heard footsteps on the stairs, then the bedroom door opened, and Simon and Sam came in. "Don, she's in here," called Sam, "You have to see this."Don came dashing in, then fell apart as he saw my predicament."How did you get. Ken and I spent lots of time together talking about family and friends. Old girlfriends and boyfriends. I brought an old picture of Ken and me dressed up going to a high school dance together.The evening broke up pretty early as everyone worked or traveled that day to get to the reunion. I headed back to my sister's. She was still up so I had another glass of wine with her before turning in for the night.The bed felt great after a long day. I felt like a teen again thinking about my classmates. A scent of flowers and herbs attracted Beth’s attention.“The tea will be ready in a moment,” Tanya said, “I like to heat the water myself, that way I can control the temperature.”Beth picked up the idea that Tanya could ask the wall for a cup of tea and the wall would give it to her. ‘How odd... ‘“You like to think of Béla as yours, don’t you?” Tanya asked, still studying her houseguest. “You don’t like the idea of her being with Frank.”“Well, do you?” Beth asked, hoping she wasn’t offending. ." No, Mom, the Institute has shown me all the statistics.Men are stupid, low creatures that always use women.They've been holding back the human race for all ofhistory. Their only purpose is a bit of momentary pleasure- thank you for showing me that, by the way - and that'sall a good woman should require of them. I mean, if theywere any better, they'd be women, right?"Brenda frowned. Perhaps she was imagining things, but thosewords sounded... barbed. "Speaking of the institute, honey,what's.