It sure did look like this babysitting job was going to be a cinch and I plunked my butt down on the white fluffy carpet with a couple of pillows from...the sofa to watch the late, late show and laugh at how silly people could be when they were full grown.My eyes were glued to the hunky actor with the six-pack that was explaining to some bimbo blond about how the government worked and neither of them knew shit about a single thing. Even I with my crappy public school education knew they were. There seemed to be an automatic healing process at work, smoothing over the rough patches in her memories, reconstructing what couldn't be recalled.He ran idly through the sequence of images, watching Skryben expand and change over a period of months and years. His interest caught by a detail, he reversed the sequence, studying the mass of data that was keyed into the images. Yes, he was right! He opened one eye, waiting until Berniss was done talking to one of her crew."Did you know that. I can't handle this alone. They put her in a psych ward for four days." Well, duh." What the fuck does that mean?" Julie asked. "You're starting to piss me off. You know that." Well, welcome to the club," I shot back. "I went passed pissed off yesterday when you didn't call. Ninety-six hour commit, it's called. It's state law. After a suicide attempt, they lock you in the loony bin for four days. Did they petition for an involuntary commitment?" No." Here's the deal," I said. "If you're serious. I chose one and said it was because it went with her skin tones."Liar," she said, trying to look behind her at the suit I'd chosen. "There's no way Mom would let me get this one," she said."So why did you try it on?" I asked."Because I knew you'd like it." She went back into the fitting room.When she came out she had the one I liked in one hand. She handed the woman at the booth the others and said "I'll take this one."On the way to the checkout counter I said "I thought you said Mom would.