The action calms me down a little more. Ichoose a record, Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys, and put it on. I liedown on the bed spreading my arms and legs...out like a starfish. Thesounds mingle with the warm air coming in and I feel a little drowsy.Only the fear of another of Chloe's memories stops me from fallingasleep. I am not sure how long I lie there for, probably not that long,but the door bell rings before the record reaches it's second side.I hear both Lily and Edward calling my name and. It turned out that he recalled my mother, who he described as a bitch, and knew all along that she didn’t like blacks. The name calling of my mother was a cold bucket of water in my face. Here was a man calling my mother a bitch with out a second thought. It turned out that he had my mother for a teacher shortly after his parents, Tina’s grand parents, moved to the area. He too had been a good student before, but couldn’t ever get higher than a ?B-? Hr recalled that he was blistered good. "I believe that it has been so long since our world experienced real love, that we have forgotten its mighty powers," Narvenia said."But, if this goes well, and you are victorious, Narvenia and I will try to get the Council to consider revising that in our culture. But we can tell you that love, such as you have, has not been seen in our world since before the dawn of yours." Goodbye, Michael," they said together.Before I could respond, I heard, " ... to wake up, Michael. Your grandmother said. She didn't like to displease him and feel his anger; she would just have to be discreet.The car drove up as she left the house. The occupant was glad to see that she had made sure that he wouldn't be kept waiting for her. After all, it wasn't good for a man of his standing to be seen sitting alone in the car. He drove up alongside her, applied the brakes and opened the door.She glided in effortlessly and gave him a weak smile. He laughed at her sarcastically, "Surely you can do better than.