Despite being a single parent, she was always upbeat and had a cheerful demeanour; she'd do anything for her k**s. "Oh sorry! Don't mind me, just carr... on. Sorry honey, I just need to vacuum. You just carry on." she said chirpily. "Tsk tsk, you're going to have to throw out some of these girlie magazines, do you really need all these?"Still embarrassed I mumbled "Yeah yeah, I'll throw them out I promise." Don't be ashamed honey, we all do it. I have a few naughty books myself but no-one needs. "I made my sister Ira as comfortable as possible and contemplated how many baths it would take to rid myself of the vermin here but especially the vermin at our last encounter...Flashback – Major M – Undisclosed baseHoly FUCK! What the hell was going on in Beslan! It looked like it was WWIII! The school was on fire, there were multiple reports of gunshots and where the fucking hell was Sgt. Blaine! I bugged the hell out of the translator but he was less than worthless!!Flashback – Masha – In. When she had heard the story fully, it was all we could do to keep Dolly in her bed. She swore she would hunt Jonathon down and kill him herself. She had not known Miranda was missing until the train was nearly a day away from Vincennes. They sent telegrams back to every station where they had stopped. They were in St. Louis when a message was returned from New Albany that said a body that matched the description had been found and buried. She wanted to go back, but Jonathon was intent on. ”After they sat down again the petite woman fuzzed for a minute with the perfect hem of her immaculate skirt.“Lucien,” she finally said, “you must be aware of the battle that is going on over your head – a battle between Ms. Parker and your parents.”“About my tuition,” he said.She stared for a bit before going on.“That too,” she said.“There is more?” he asked.She hesitated before going on.“Much more,” she finally offered. “But it is not for me to tell you, even if I would know all the details –.