“Oh, good. Your awake.” Katherine smiled, as she came into the kitchen. She gave me a kiss as she set the bag that she was carrying on the counter...“Where did the two of you run off to so early?” I asked.“Katherine drove me out to USM to get a copy of my tran.” Cindy answered as she came in. She gave me a kiss too. “I wouldn't have had time to get them before leaving for Canada. So, we went to get them, and let you rest. We picked up some stuff at Dunkin while we were out.”I sifted through the. So now, pronouncing herself nerveless, she could draw only one conclusion. And in the drawing felt uncertainty reassert itself. ‘Calm, calm,’ the same inner-voice warned as her eyes closed to conjure up the picture. Her picture. A glade. Backdropped by shimmering sea. Autumnal. Tranquil. Yellow leaves diffusing bright sunlight as a soothing breeze stirred the branches overhead into a natural musicality. A favourite place in a favoured season. Yet to be found wanting in times of mental. I open my eyes, gaze across the lake and know what I have to do.The spirit seems to breathe on my behalf, inside me. Her voice drifts:Choose.The decision is instant. My moment. My chance to finally understand the myth and become part of it. To shed the pain and uncertainty of life. Transcend.I rotate my palms towards the lake and inhale. Waiting.The tendrils around my tummy tug downward, pulling my underwear with them, my naked body presented to her. She strokes my thighs in unison, cold then. M.?" You know I will," I said. "I was going to call you tomorrow to ask you down early. We must have some psycho connection."I slipped out of my bed early the next morning. I made sure I stopped by Sophie's room and gave her a hug before I went to bed and I made sure to do the same thing before I left in the morning.Sophie didn't say anything — she didn't need to — but she returned the hugs forcefully.Beth looked haggard and tired when I saw her. Melissa was asleep in her carrier and Timothy.