She never would have thought that Aunt Jane would do something like this to her own daughters. But then again, she thought, her own mother had just tr...ated her like a slave. Anything seemed possible these days.It was also a surprise that her mother and Aunt Ann were going to be staying for a whole week. She had assumed that her mother would return home that evening or Sunday at the latest. Now, she would have to endure the humiliation of serving her mother over an extended period.The three. They must be here as dad’s car was here. Then I noticed them coming down from the stairs from my mom’s room. She said, “Why didn’t you mention about it earlier? It’s really sad to see her in such bad shape. I wonder how you are managing all her work.”They both sat on dad’s sofa in his office. He said, “It’s tough handling mine and her responsibility but we manage it.” Slowly she started proceeding over dad and started playing with her fingers on dad’s chest. She said, “I mean all her work,” for. Notably, not one of the women moved to comfort her in any way. A couple looked distressed in their own right. The woman who'd introduced herself as Beth was one of them."Karen wasn't the only one," Beth said, "she was just the only one that was mean about it. I flaunted my charms at Johnny a few times too, but I got the message loud and clear, and dropped the subject. But I didn't defend him when she went off on him, so I'm to blame as well. Tell me what to do, and I'll do it. Whatever it. "Farhad picked up. "... then we can run the diagnostic."Yavi attached the wires connecting the monitor interface with the rest of the system."Ahhh."Yavi looked up and around, confused. It was as if her joining the wires and redoing everything was giving the machine pleasure."What was that?" asked Tasha."What was what?" said Alex."That noise. Like someone saying 'Ahh'. Didn't you hear it?" Nope. What about you, Jody? You hear anything?"Jody was absorbed reading the station manual he had found..