.umm" I stopped to look for the words "practice sessions been going on" I asked.Diana chuckled "Not long, at first it took some time to get used to it...and I wanted Kara to be sure of what she wanted. But then I came to the same conclusion you probably do, that I love her in every way possible and couldn't imagine being without either one of you." I shook my head yes telling her that she had guessed exactly right. "So a couple of months ago we got a plan together." Continued Diana "Kara wanted. When no one answered the bell she tried the door and found it open. She called for your wife and got no answer. She checked and saw that your wife's car was still in the garage so thinking that your wife might have overslept she went upstairs and found your wife dead on the bedroom floor. She called 911 but according to the coroner your wife had been dead at least four hours when her friend found her." You said that she had been murdered." She had been shot twice." Why do I have the feeling. It wasn't long before Mikes dad became more involved and I was very much in the step dad role and we got along but I can honestly say we never got real close and that was ok we had a good understanding in the house as to how to get along. It took a little longer for Jessica to figure everything out but as her dad became even more of a ghost we got much closer and it stayed that way, even to the point that she warmed more to me than to her mother. I spent the next 10 years treating her like my. A look of horror followed by one of despair flashed over Stephanie's face. 'Rachaeeel!!!.'The wail was piercing -the cry of a woman in pain. Rachael rushed to her adopted sister's side and cradled her head in her bosom. 'Look at me Steph, look at me' she commanded.Stephanie tearfully looked up into the loving face of her friend. 'There is an answer to this, I will find an answer!' Her adopted sister's determination instilled comfort and returned some of the confidence she had lost back into.