I rose up and our lips met, trembling and filled with all the emotions we both felt and our tongues slid together, lovingly caressing each other. Whe... I pulled back, I gazed into her beautiful jewel-like eyes, wiping the tears from her cheeks. ‘When will I see you again?’ ‘I’m bound to the show for another three years and we’ll be traveling all over the world. At the end of the contract, I can decide what I want to do.’ Three years. The two words stuck in my gut and I felt as deflated like an. Power was gone but there were plenty of windows. Tom and Linda were two of the first ones there. Dad asked them to watch the road for drive-by shooters. There was no reason to expect anything like that but preparation was better than being surprised. As people started to come in, I whispered to Pat, "I know there must be something we have forgotten but I don't know what."She smiled at me. "You and Dad have done your best as have I. Whatever it is, all three of us missed it. Hopefully, it won't. ." Tess eyed them suspiciously."We're!" Billy started but ended in a squeak as he felt April's handslide up his leg and rest just short of groin, well under the shortnightie, on his shorts."You sounded like a girl for real!" Tess giggled, unaware as to why hisvoice changed suddenly."We'll make breakfast, you go see if there's cartoons on," April said.Tess smiled and walked towards the living room."That was uncalled for," Billy teased, grabbing April's wrist as her handhad a good grip on his. Grandmother got her promise of confidentiality, clearly wanting to share secrets held for a long time.“Your older uncle does not have the same father as your mother. That was a result of an indiscretion and carelessness. I was engaged to Grandfather and then another man I had been infatuated but never intimate with caught me at a lonely moment and I was inseminated several times one evening. When I realized the timing I made love many times to your grandfather. I knew I was pregnant already and.