She gasped, then said, "My God! You don't know that my mother died?" I was speechless for a moment or so as tears flowed down my cheeks. Then I asked ...hen and how Melba died. Mindy said Melba died about three weeks ago from a sudden massive heart attack. It was difficult to maintain my composure and ask for more details, but eventually I was able to. I asked what had become of Wanda after Melba's death. Mindy said that Frank had Wanda move in with him in his home not far away, since Melba's. I finally told here to shut the hell up. That stunned her into silence long enough for me to show her my ring and tell her you had proposed just like Alissa had tried to tell her. Then I told her she had two choices give Alissa her car, let her live with me and leave her trust fund alone or I would use my money to file a long nasty lawsuit against her and embarrass her with her country club friends. I gave her five minutes to make up her mind. She thru the keys at me and said we could get. We rang the bell and waited for someone to answer, it was all feeling remarkably normal as we stood there. That is until a middle aged man wearing nothing but a cape and a mask opened the door and invited us inside. We paid our money and were shown inside to a small ‘living room’ with seats around the outside, a small bar on one side and a cage hanging in the middle of the room. There were a few couples in the room but all still dressed and just chatting, however we were relieved to see that. . hungry." What did Caleb mean when he said the Companions approved of Jorge's cousins?" Bran asked mentally, shaking off his frustration with shopping."I didn't see that coming," Noah remarked in surprise. "You're getting better at shielding your thoughts. Good job." Do you really mean that, or are you just trying to distract me?" Bran asked."Both, actually," Noah replied. "I really did mean it, and I'm not really sure why I wanted to distract you. I don't think it's a secret." Okay," Bran.