” I responded with, “Yeah that sounds great, mom.” As I flipped the pages in my textbook. “Good! Maybe you could entertain your cousins while ...unt Martha and I cook the first day or so. That would be so sweet of you,” she said, sounding slightly relieved. Not that I really noticed. “Uh huh,” I muttered while I was scribbling notes about some inane topic from the book. “Oh, so you know, I sent you more of those cookies you like. Let me know when you get them, honey. Wouldn't want your classmates. When a slow song came on she would dance topless with the surfers and I could see her whispering. When she came back to me she told me she had whispered dirty thoughts into their ears. Do you like my naked tits on your chest? Maybe youll get to suck them later on. I called her a Cock Teaser. Three of the surfers introduced themselves. John, a student at Florida State, Dave, a student at Georgia Tech and Mike who spent his life surfing. There was a clam bake dinner. The five of us sat on a. I remember now! Lupo is in danger!” Looking directly at Snow, he asked, “Where is Lupo? Is he here?” Looking up the stairs, he ran up to the second floor, calling out to Lupo. Minutes latter, Ku'o bounded down the stairs, fully dressed and armed. “I must find Lupo!” he shouted and ran toward the entrance. “No, you must not, you can't help him!” Snow yelled after him. Ku'o stopped and saw the signs and markings in the dirt the wolves made, telling him all he needed to know.. .. stopped, with the vibrations flashing back through the mental handle of the TK and on into his mental hands. He could tell himself there was no connection with his physical hands, but they stung anyway.“Shit,” he mumbled as he shook his hands to stop the stinging. To the people watching, the only things visible, other than Jeff, were the boulder and a long place on it that suddenly spurted rock chips and dust accompanied by a “thud” that sounded like metal hitting stone.Mentally, Jeff spit.