"You'd better get going. The test starts in less thanfifteen minutes."Sano turned, finally meeting her gaze "Will you be okay?"She nodded emphatically... "Sure. I'll let myself out."Sano grabbed his jacket from where it lay on the bed and slipped it on.Turning about, he was halfway out the door when Lina spoke up."Forgetting something?" He spun about as Lina tossed his sword to him. It was curved slightly,with a thin blade around five feet long, a variation of the weapons usedin eastern empires. ‘It wasn’t part of the deal!’ I screamed. ‘Wasn’tpart of the deal? You want to talk to me about deal? I call the shots around here. Not you. Now grab her and let’s go.’ Jy-Ryn spoke with an edge. As he turned his back to me, something happened inside of me. I could feel the anger in my gut grow to extend itself into my whole being. I struck out and slammed my fist into the back of Jy-Ryns head. A bit stunned, he turned on his heels’ ready to fight. ‘What in the Hell are you thinking?’ he raged. Heh, I'd always hopedone day that I'd get to teach my daughter how to properly apply make-up...After you came along, fourth boy of four, that didn't seem possible. Thankyou for making my dream a reality." Despite himself, Robbie let out asnort of laughter at his mother's statement- he was so focussed on his owndream coming true that it had never occurred to him that his mother mighthave wanted a daughter. Any doubt Robbie had in his mother's sincerityevaporated when she sat down next to him in. ‘This is so stupid.’ she thought as she walked briskly towards the driveway. ‘OK, I’ll just take a look and if I see anything scary, I’m out.’ she told herself.Nearing the house, she could see that it was, in fact, an old colonial that seemed well kept and somewhat inviting. She made her way up the steps and peeked in a small window to the side of the front door. The humidity of the night air fogged the glass obstructing her ability to see anything other than the glowing flicker of a candle..