'I am drowning' he thought then aloud, "drowning my sorrows". This, too, he found ironic. He didn't usually drink. It was his wife - more accurately n...w his ex-wife - who liked to have her evening 'relaxer'. "Anything you can do, I can do better" His voice was cracked and harsh, redolent with pain. So he started to laugh but it sounded to him like sobbing.Time passed. The shaft of sunlight falling into the room moved slowly to one side then disappeared. The streetlights came on and still he. Anderson. I'm one of Mark's classmates at OSU." (They clearly hadn't done NEARLY enough background research on me yet!). Mom immediately knew 'Peter' was one of the PIs hired by the LA money men that Vanessa had warned her about."Mark's not here at the moment, Peter. I'll tell him you called." When are you expecting him? I'm hoping to get his help with an assignment that's due tomorrow." I'm not sure. He's a busy boy." Do you know where he is?"Mothers should know where their young children are;. .. she is of his blood Thr'won. And she will be a daughter to us just as surely as if one of us had given birth to her. And there is much she will be able to teach the young ones as they grow. To have touched us as she did ... I believe she will come very close to matching Androcles someday in terms of her abilities."Thr'won laughed. "Oh that one will be a handful I'm sure. Bonding with Elynth as he is now ... she speaks as if he is already aware of what is going on around him." Thr'won looked. He said, “I’ll be fine.”He tied the shoelaces saying the little ditty about the Indian, “Build a tee pee, come inside, close it tight so we can hide. Over the mountain and around we go, here’s my arrow and here’s my bow.”“Do you always say that?” Sid asked staring at Sean.“No,” Sean answered.Shaking his head, Sid said, “You better tie the bows. You wouldn’t want to trip on your laces when you’re walking out there.”“That’s a good idea. There’s not much chance of winning if I happen to break an.