"Hum, I don't think I am going to go sis." "Why not?" She said sounding a bit peaved. "You know why as well as I do sis," Tom replied as he finally fo...nd his candy. "I will feel out of place espcially if she is there and right now I am not in the mood to deal with all that emotional baggage." This is supposed to be a fun party," Tammy said sounding exasperated. "You can't just blow it off." I was thinking of going to the lake for the weekend," Tom said once his sister calmed down. "It really is. Chapter Twelve VinceI called Pam's place when I got home and told Sarah she couldcome over any time. I told her I'd leave the garage door openand she should just pull in and we'd put her things in herroom right away and get that out of the way. I told her I'dmake dinner and she could crash while I got dinner ready.She disappeared upstairs and I got to work. Dinner wasn'tgoing to be anything fancy, some steaks, twice baked potatoand a salad backed up by some wine. I poured myself a scotchand. " What's all this business about the feminine?" I blurted aloud, stillhopelessly lost in this whole tarot thing, but a getting a littleunnerved that she kept bringing that theme up and saying that the cardrepresented me. This was a far cry from the comfortable, familiar worldof numbers, statistics, and theories that defined my job. My contemptfor the supernatural was starting to show itself, and I really didn'tcare if Miss Amina knew it or not.Miss Amina, however, had kept up her soul-piercing. ” Now I was confused. The conversation was odd and out of the ordinary, especially for Alex, and J.D had a weird tone in his voice. I wasn’t necessarily against the idea, just something was off about them, almost like seeing a bad actor in a movie. It felt almost like they were reading a ***********.“No man, I’m good,” I replied. “Come on Jason, I’ve seen it before, just show it to J.D.” said Alex. Something was off and it was making me uncomfortable, but they kept insisting that I pull.