”His mother entered the room. Seeing that he was looking at the newspaper, she said, “I wish they would use my official publicity picture. I look ...o stupid in that picture with my breasts blurred out.”“I don’t want to talk about it,” Sean said.“Did you read the article?”Sean said, “Yes.”“I thought it was a pretty good. That whole bit about me being a distraught mother sounded kind of ... I don’t know ... motherly,” she said.“Right,” Sean said shaking his head.“No one has ever said that I was. John and Greg were both students in a different sort of academy wherepeople with various giftings were sent to learn to discipline theirvarying powers and to keep from getting into severe legal trouble or fromgetting killed. This academy though discouraging students from "playingwith powers" wasn't able to completely stop them, and John and Greg had along standing tradition of this game. Where the loser of Balew wasgradually turned into someone or something, typically a curvaceous girl. We saw that. Flashes here and there, along with some very horrible times. We loved him, Jay. We really did.”“Was easy to do, the few times I saw him with Lena when she was younger.” I remember those times, seeing her playing in the front yard with him. “One of those things that makes her who she is, Elton. One reason I married ‘er. She’s good people and she’s gonna be a great parent.”He smiled. “Well, son, she did a lot better grabbin’ you than we had reason to hope.”“I’m flattered.”“Don’t be.. Again NOTHING.So he hopped over the fence. Wary, Slick knelt down and blew his whistle again staying alert. He'd learned his lesson a few years ago. Some dogs are trained to NOT bark at the whistle because that is their command control.He'd had to run fast that night and got away with only a torn pant leg. It could have been worse. Guard dogs can very vicious. Lesson learned and care taken.Down on his knees, Slick continued to scan for any sign of security cameras or motion detectors. None. Not.