I guess she ran into him over that weekend and they had a long talk. She's always loved him and I guess he finally came around. I think he discovered ...hat he missed he more than he thought and convinced Renee to come home with him in the last few weeks. It was really sudden, but I'm happy for her." Now what's this about Jack moving in with you?" pressed Jill, "I don't think I quite got that part." Jack and I talked about it and with Renee moving out, I needed a roommate. Jack is kind of sick of. It smelled like a steak and I could even feel the heat if I put my hand near it. The only thing she couldn't do was taste. (There was a synthesizer that could create food. That's what had been used my first day in the hospital.)If I wanted to know what a woolly mammoth looked like, she put one in front of me, full size. I asked to see how the last ice age progressed and immediately felt as if I was in space, looking down on the earth as the line of ice moved further and further south until most. We had bought anewer house, one of the larger houses on smaller lotsyou see so often. At least I didn't have a large lawnto do. I could throw my dishwater into the neighbors'bedroom, except the neighbors didn't have a singlewindow facing my house. The house was bigger than weneeded. Diana drove that decision, and I agreed,secretly hoping that if she had the house she wanted,the marriage would get better. Of course nothing ofthe sort happened. Instead, we had enough room in thehouse to avoid. ‘A will see us tomorrow after school, and your Grandma is coming to get you in a few minutes.’ ‘Okay,’ Annie answered, her tone flat. ‘I have to know, Annie,’ he said apologetically. ‘Your mother, well, she said a lot of things that weren’t true.’ ‘I know.’ Beverly Shaw arrived then, her face pale. Reid met her at the door, inviting her in. ‘Annie’s a good girl,’ she said by way of greeting. ‘I don’t know why she just came to your door.’ ‘She overheard my conversation with your husband this.