I knew that moment that it would take a while till I would change my bedclothes to conserve mummy’s smell in it.“I’m still wearing those tight b...ots, babe.” Mum said commandingly.I kneeled in front of her and searched for the zipper to get those shoes off mum’s feet. But there was no.“Add Latex boots to what I just said about dresses.” Mum said and I saw some smile shadowing over her face like any summer’s first butterfly’s silhouette behind a reddish light.I worked on getting mum out of her. He wanted to make sure he was playing this by some kind of rule book. So far he hadn’t committed a crime. Tiny may have. But he didn’t. He didn’t take her into his room. He didn’t ask her to come to his room. He didn’t ask her to take her clothes off. If things went wrong, and there was a chance they would, it would be better if they couldn’t use this crime, at least, to keep them apart. He didn’t want to be in a position to have justice perverted against them and used to make him look like the. ‘Ed, tell Marion that we miss her.’ ‘Will do Tom, is there anything else?’ Rubbing his chin a moment, Tom thought. ‘Yes Ed, there is one more thing,’ but the line was dead. *** The following evening, in his study, Tom pushed himself up from the chair, before moving his seventy-year-old frame slowly to the liquor cabinet. After taking out two glasses, he filled them both with Cognac. Then, carrying them carefully back to the desk, he set them down in a ceremonious manner, one beside the other. . Don’t tell me. Damn Lizzy! No wonder you can’t get him out of your head, honey. Let it go. You’re home now.’ Lacey sighed heavily as she turned her head to look at her friend, her footfalls slowing and then stopping as she turned to face her. ‘That’s just it though, Ty. I don’t FEEL like I’m home. Something happened to me there. Something I can’t explain and I don’t quite understand. It’s not all Wesley.’ She sighed, pulling her hand from her friend’s arm and rubbed her temples as she started.