”“You want a soda?”Her reply was a lot more relaxed, “Yeah.”“Let’s go to the front room.” I grabbed two Cokes from the fridge and foll...wed my niece to the living room. She was wearing a mid-thigh skirt so when she sat on the end of the sofa and folded her legs under her butt, her legs were bare almost to her crotch. She jostled and adjusted the hem until it covered her upper thighs then leaned back on a sofa pillow. I sat at the other end, facing Donna, her eyes caught mine and for the first. I didn't want to jerk her aroundon the leash and draw attention to myself in case a neighbor waswatching. In reality they would have just thought Katherine had comehome a day early if they had seen me. I was breathing hard when I gotback into the house. How could I have done that?Frank came home right at noon, he hadn't even bothered to text me tocheck that I would be there. I guess he knew at that point Katherine 2.0would be home. I smiled and greeted him and then gave him his kiss,except. .. things to think about, and ... so do I. And don’t worry, I’m not going to talk about that now. But for the first time since they got here, I actually feel like the direction of things is becoming clear.”“Yeah?” I glanced at her. “And where are they headed then, sis?”“I have no idea.”I sniggered. “So much for clarity!”“No, that’s not what I meant...” She stopped and looked around at the dusky surroundings for a while, pensive. “Do you remember that snow globe we had when we were younger, that. There was a rotating bedwith a mirrored ceiling and all types of sex toys scattered about. Thewalls were covered in sort of a leopard print. There was a well stocked barin the living room area and a big screen TV. His posters of Jenny McCarthystill lined the room, but now they were framed and signed with a suggestivesaying above her signature. "Wow" shouted Raymond. "Well, I did help decorate the Taj Mahal, but it was much more modest. Are you ready yet for wish number two." .