Mia was nodding her head in surprise when Johnny added his two cents. “Yes we were, and we were armed with antique weapons.”“Okay, this is weird...” Mia pointed out needlessly. Then she turned to Johnny. “Is there some sort of medical or mental condition that could cause us to have the same dream? Like mass hysteria or something?”“Not that I know of,” he replied. “Let’s ask the team if any of them had the same dream.”Johnny casually asked the students if any of them had any unusual dreams last. Got it? You will live in the basement with the bugs and an AM radio and a crossword puzzle book."The girl blinked at me and nodded."Say, yes'm, or yes, Aunt Barbie," Barbie demanded through clenched teeth. When she got angry, you did not want to be around her. Barbie was 25, on her fourth husband and had a couple of studs, not counting me, warming up in the bullpen, well-heeled and eager-to-wed ones. Number four was looking very haggard these days, fucked out, destined for the discard pile from. I dare say he also can’t satisfy you as I can.”“I won’t lie. I’ve never been satisfied like that in my life.”“Then... ?”“I have an obligation to your father.”“He’s a good man, but he doesn’t deserve a woman like you.”“You flatter me.”“No, like you, I won’t lie. You are special mother. A special woman and a special lover. It’s why I want you.”“But ... I do want you Daniel, but I feel I have other obligations that I should fulfill. I ... I just don’t know what to do.”“It’s simple. Do we become. She could only hope the doctors were wrong this time, too, but in the back of her mind, she understood how remote that would be. The elevator doors opened and Laura turned left and made her way towards her father’s room. When she entered the room, Jim and her other brother, Andy, were at the foot of the bed talking quietly. They saw their sister and moved to greet her. She dropped her bags and threw her arms around both of them and hugged them. It had been almost three months since she had been.