"So that's it give me your Jinn then you can have what's left of Mary. Don't take too long or she may not survive." Another evil laugh sounded right b...fore the CD ended. Juno was still on the floor a distraught look on his face. Jake looked at Nyrae for a moment then he and the others went to the other room. "Can you feel Inger, Akeesha?" Jake asked. Akeesha started to nod a disturbed look on her face. "I can feel her searching, she is almost frantic. I can hear her calling to Mary though. We’ve got work to do.” Kyle grabbed her and wrapped her in a similar embrace, cutting her off.“Where’s Rob and Eileen?” Alice asked.“I imagine they’re necking in the living room,” Adam said, “If you want them to do anything useful, you’d better look after it”In due course, the two families worked together to get dinner on the table and make short work of putting it where it belonged. And when the meal was over, they all pitched in to clean up. When all was done, they found themselves sitting. He got me. This white girl in their brown world. I apologised to Guille in my head as I sat plotting. He was an unwitting player in this game, but I didn’t think he would mind. They were a couple of hours in when I made my move. Nothing elaborate. I decided to take a bath.Acuario’s studio was downstairs, but the house was small and I knew they would be able to hear the water running, filling up the tub. He would know exactly what I was doing, and would figure out quickly enough what I was up. I laughed when I saw Sarah and Bill sitting on a loveseat, drinking some iced tea. Bill looked sheepish, while Sarah was nearly glowing, cuddled on his lap.He staggered trying to move Sarah so he could stand up. She giggled, sensing his nervousness and scooted over.He looked at me with anxious eyes, “Charlie ... I think we need to talk.”I smiled and patted him on the shoulder, “Great. I need to talk to you, too. I’ve had a busy week and I still have much I need to do. Some of which I’d like.