And soon, we were all naked, sporting boners that Alex and Bart were trying vainly to hide."Now what?"I suggested truth or dare. Ralphie suggested jus... dare, whereby we all cut the cards. High card got to dare low card to do something outrageous."How outrageous?" Asked Alex and Bart."Who knows? Let's have another drink and a joint first," I answered.We did. Everyone was relaxed, and horny, as the sex talk kept up as we smoked. We cut the deck. I was low, Ralphie high. This was good."Lick my. Dan put his house up for sale, and it sold in a week. Rose vacated her apartment and the two of them shared tearful good-byes, with such anticipation of the time they’d be together. But two years is a long time.Rose emailed me often from Afghanistan, telling me she and Dan were communicating daily. She was so excited at the prospect of a life with Dan after she returned. Ted and Dan also emailed occasionally. Dan was enjoying his work, which was a good distraction to his missing Rose. Dan told. “Was she at Chloe’s then?” “No not then. Even earlier. In fact much earlier before she went shopping with Chloe. I called to speak to you and Emily said you were in the loo and she was about to go shopping with Chloe. Emily said she would tell you to call me, but I guess she forgot.” “Really?” Nina said, not able to formulate whole sentences. Too shocked. How come Chloe didn’t tell her? If she had told her then she wouldn’t have lied to her Mum and this would never have happened. “Yes, then she. I would have to work it out somehow.I pushed Lisa out of mind for the moment and opened the envelope. It contained a poem. Of course, Uncle Bert was no poet but his intention was not to create art. It was to give me a message, I hoped a message that would put just one step from the end of my treasure hunt.Here is what he wrote: “Kittens sweet, bound as one by woven fur, Paws entwined to the cows’ own rhyme, First heard long ago in summertime, One sings the song, while the other purrs.”Uncle.