Carl had brought her home but he did not come in. She seemed very tired. We kissed hello but she appeared to be pre-occupied. I made us both a drink a...d we sat down in the kitchen.She gave every appearance of being Italian, her deep tan emphasising her Latin features. So I spoke to her in Italian. "I amma so 'appy to 'avva you 'ome, Kelly. To be sure, bejasus and begorrah." She didn't have any Irish blood, of course, but I was on a roll and in the mood to show-off."Is that so?" She was not. Her eyes too switched to a dim red glow.Then I heard it in my head."Shanor, I am ok, something has attacked me, and I am currently combating it, but I need both you and Entoch here"I got up to get entoch, we both came back as quickly as we could."Children each grab a hand"We did, it felt eerie to touch her when she felt almost dead."It is ok children, I am upgrading the gifts I have already given you, I am not ready to be hilled yet but there is something that can help near here. It is a probe,. . he held the door open, but stood still. We wore sweats and sweatshirts... pretty conservative for us."Girls, I didn't mean to blow up like that. I. I'm sorry. I just." You just want us to SUCK YOU? Is that it?" asked Becky, incredulous."Becky.... Erika... listen. What happened... we just..." he was having trouble with his words. "I just wanted to tell you that on the phone. I didn't want you to come back. That is, if you." Oh, we can leave!" I said in a helpful-sounding voice, shrugging and. Catriona unobtrusively observed Sally and quickly found herself agreeing with her mother. She had already been drawn by their telephone conversation. She was delighted when Sally volunteered to help put the children to bed. She was a little concerned though that nobody seemed to be doing anything about supper. She offered Sally that as an excuse to escape the children."No problem," said Sally cheerfully. "I've asked Nick to put the oven on at ten past seven. I'll pop the supper in at about half.