“I’m going to shower.”, she announced.I quickly motioned her to lean in towards me. She glanced quickly at Mom, still lost in some thought, and...leaned down.“I want my shirt back.”, I whispered to her.Her eyes widened a little, but she nodded once to show that she understood. She stood up, glancing around for a minute, obviously thinking things through. She walked over to the side of the bathroom, where Mom’s shopping bags had been hastily piled for convenient access. Mom emerged from her. I went back home thinking to give my newly found super powers some more serious thought.When Dad got home from work we talked about my two-day hike. I told him about what I had happened on the mountaintop and showed him the pix I took of the depressions. I wasn't ready to give up my most important discovery yet. As I expected, he was pretty sure there was some logical explanation but he wanted to go back up on the weekend to check it out. That would be my chance to conveniently 'find' the field. Her only REAL worry about the issue was relieved by his last comment! She went back to rubbing his back, "My poor Baby! So, what do you figure she's up to?" I dunno," Nate shrugged. "Could be anything, from tryin' to figure out what kinda white chick would want my ass to tryin' to work some angle to get money outta your Daddy..." He hesitated a moment, then: "Probably both..."Nora's hand continued to massage Nate's back without pause while she absorbed this. "Well, as long as she doesn't go. There was no door to this last room, just a half drawn semi transparent curtain of some shimmering black material and Thomas could see the over stacked bookshelves and the tall slim wardrobe that filled up the rest of the space."Nice place," Thomas said in a small voice, eager to break the silence that had settled over his shoulders."It's mine," came the reply as Sera walked over to the stereo and pressed play on the blinking orange display. Soft chords from the latest Nightwish album filled.