“What’s up, Mommy?” asked Holly.Lauren smiled down at her daughter. “Well, you know how I’ve been seeing Peter for quite a while now. Well, ...eter and I are going to get married and he’s coming to live with us.”Jimmy looked over at Peter, not in full comprehension, then looked back at his mother. Holly, always in a bright mood, simply asked, “But where’s Peter going to sleep, Mommy? We don’t have any more bedrooms. Is he going to share a room with Jimmy...”“What! No way!” interjected a horrified. Sean walked silently at her side, and from what Heather could see from his troubled gait that he was hurting and slightly ashamed of himself.“Do you really think that will be the end?” he asked.Heather never answered his question as she knew it would not be the answer he wanted to hear.She shrugged her shoulders, “brought back some lovely memories for me. Maybe not for you,” she quipped, as she watched Sean shake his head while holding his backside. ooOooLater that evening, Trish sifted through. He sneezed and barked, then ran to the back yard gate and back."I've never seen him act like that." I used to have a husky. He would go wild when I did that."She brought the bowl back in front of her and we went into the house. Jack and Alex were talking to Mom. I introduced Beth to her. "She brought some green beans." Do they need to be kept warm?" They should," Beth answered."Jack, do me a favor and put them in your oven with the meat until we eat. There's a good boy."Mom had Alex mashing. Any way. Thanks to Barney-R for editing it. And Thanks to AK for letting me end this one the way I wanted to. SS06Nobody on the road. Nobody on the beach. I feel it in the air. The summer’s out of reach. Empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone. I’m driving by your house. Don’t know, you’re not home.Every time I pass that house I think back on what might have been. This time of year, with the heat of summer gone and with it the tourists and summer residents is especially sad for me.My.