"I'm not sure I want to put my faith in them, in any case." I'm just going with the fact that we're short on time, so I'll save most of my curiosity f...r later," I interrupted. "But don't think I missed that look." I raised an eyebrow at Talon. "Explain," I ordered, my hands on my hips."This is not the first time we've had to evacuate our home and disappear," Marcus spoke up after it became apparent Talon wasn't going to. "Ordinarily, we'd just go to some remote location, separate or together as. “Karina, we thought you were lost in the house,” Grandma said as she noticed Karina walked towards them.“I could have easily, it’s a really big house,” Karina said, sliding into the chair opposite her grandmother. “What’s for dinner? I smell something delicious.”“Just some pot roast, my dear and since you’re here we might as well eat,” Elizabeth answered.“I will get it, you’ve done more than enough already,” Grandma said standing up and walking through the door of the kitchen.Karina looked at. How about a hot shower and a nap before we dress fordinner?.I looked up into his handsome face and with a big smile I said, "I wasn't worried baby. I knew you'd be close by. A hot shower really sounds good, especially if you'll join meand wash my back and then you could scratch my itch like only you can do?"Mark smiled back and still holding my hand he pulled me back to the elevator. This time wewent up a floor to our suite. I hadn't seen it yet and wow, it was nice. I took off my heels andMark. I was okay with that, as long as her desire to get me out of my pants remained only a thought and didn't happen.Then there was a memory of Monique's arrival and the guy she had brought home with her, Ryan. Mom thought he was handsome and quite charming. I wasn't fooled. He reminded me of others I had seen only through my women's memories - guys that only wanted to get laid and would lure women into their beds only to leave them lonely before dawn. Mom may have been lonely enough to allow it to.