" Ryoko said slowly, as yet again the void about them began to stir."It's funny..." She murmured. "But I do remember that!" I knew something was defin...tely up when Arin just called to his side and said that 'we had to go.'" Ryoko's disembodied voice began again."The real shocker came with him telling me, that I dress properly and leave Ryo-oki behind.Obeying the second order was a pain. Oki hates being left out.The first was almost impossible; Arin literally had to almost dress me, as I had. Such was her focus on showing the house. She was not a real-estate for the hour and thirty minutes we spent touring, she was a show woman, and a damned fine one at that.In her performance I saw past her aging years, and into the youth and vitality that had once been at her disposal, and the wisdom and experience garnered from four decades of selling houses.Before we walked out the door I had asked her to draw the papers up.She had just smiled and laughed softly when I said that."I already did. " Momma just remark that we would have to wait and see.Sure.We were at dinner one night when the phone rang. I stood up and went overto the wall phone, "Hello?". "Hey sis, is mom there?" It was Bruce. I wastaken aback for a moment. It really hadn't occurred to me that Bruce andI were brother and sister now. I gathered myself with a smile. "Yes sheis, hang on." Momma, it's for you. It's Bruce."She took the receiver and started to listen. "Yeah.... OK.....Sure.....Soundsgood....I think we can do. After John's bravado faltered, it looked as if she would to have to take charge.They found some whisky and other spirits and they had a little to drink, this put the three boys at ease especially Luke and Terry whose nerves seemed to disappear. Sarah was glad about that as she wanted them to be some use to her and not just a bag of nerves. After the drinks Sarah announced that she was going to the bedroom and to give her a couple of minutes, then they were to join her. She left the room and.