It was almost six and I was waiting for my mom to come out of the bathroom. I had begrudgingly agreed to wear a suit and tie, but insisted that I wasn...��t going to wear socks. It was a lame protest, but made me feel a little in control. I looked at my watch and yelled, “Mom, if you don’t hurry we are going to be late.”She yelled back, “Stephanie is always late so don’t worry.”A few minutes later she came out of the bathroom dressed. I gasped when I saw her. My mother is always gorgeous, but. After dinner I found the marina without too much trouble. It was rundown and the office had a sign that it was being managed by the bank. It was in forced foreclosure. The marina property looked about the size of a building lot in most rural towns in the south. It sat along a paved county road, which probably made it worth more than a building lot. The property consisted of a bait and tackle shop and a dock with twenty slips. I noted there was plenty of space for the house boat along one side. "Janet looked around and in the distance she spotted a solid shadow. Itstood in the field drawing in the light around it. Looking at it took herbreath away. Adam stepped into her eye line. "I don't know what it is, buttrust me something tells me its only a matter or time before it gets here."Janet felt uncontrollable sadness it was if the light and joy in the worldwere stolen from her. She felt terror and panic and the only thing keepingher from slipping further into the void was Adams hands on. She went to make some coffee as I kicked off my shoes, stretched out on the couch and looked through it. Most were model work, or it looked like, women in a variety of clothing, from slips to swimwear. After the tenth page turn Carla came back and handed me a mug."Chocolate rasberry," she said, sitting down next to me."That's my favorite." Mine too, yeah." We took slow sips. Carla scooted closer to look over my shoulder, and I felt the bare skin of her leg on my arm. It was then I noticed Carla.