"Let's get some water on the boil. Oh Dave, this is my sister, Yvonne, and that's, Chrissy, my daughter and, George, her son. I'd introduce you to our...men, but they buggered off almost as soon as we got here, probably to the bar." The beers good," I said. "But it's way too early for me." Same for us," said Yvonne. "Suppose we should just be grateful they agreed to bring us," she said with an infectious grin."Are you twins?" I asked hesitantly, aware I was getting into dangerous territory with. He walks around naked lots of the time, so I do a lot, too. We watched TV last night, neither of us was wearing anything. He says it's OK, since I'm old enough, but I know better than to tell Mom. She still thinks I'm a kid. He even let me watch a sex show on Cinemax. Lots of naked breasts and butts, but he says Cinemax is pretty tame. He said maybe sometime he'll rent a "hardcore" video to show me real adult stuff.12 October 08Mom had an operation today. They say she'll have to use a wheel. It never occurred to Tracy to wonder why a man who loved camping and would gladly sit around a campfire freezing his buns off in a miserable drizzle should be so annoyed by the slight chill of an unheated house, but bothered he was. Rose, for her part, thought it was hilarious. "How do I get myself into situations like this?" Picky, picky, picky! I thought you were going to throw away your old life and start over. You have to admit it would be different. I'm going downstairs and eat, lover."She. The slick roads made their journey take three times longer than it normally would have taken."Don't stop. Just drive past." Liv scoped out the darkened, two-story, Victorian house. The only vehicle in the driveway was a white pickup truck. None of the snow around the house or in the driveway had been disturbed. There was no sign of life.A truck appeared behind them and Finn sped up slightly to get out of its way. Soon, they left the house behind and passed the Three Crosses Rehabilitation.