Just as I was finishing up I heard a car door close outside and just knew it was Mum. I dashed into my room and into bed naked, stuffing the soiled p...nties under my pillow just as she walked in the door. She came up to me to check I was alright and say good night. My heart was pounding the whole time, I couldn’t believe how close I’d come to being caught and hoping I’d got everything put away just right as I’d had no time for my usual double check. After leaving my room I heard mum go to the. NICKNAMES- If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.- If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Bubba and Wildman.EATING OUT- When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it’s only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.- When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.MONEY- A man will. ”“That’s right,” she said, smiling broadly for the first time. The expression transformed her face from plain to pretty. Her innocence amused and tickled him. “It’s snowing. Like a White Christmas.”He couldn’t help it. He grinned – it was January. She wasn't just drunk, she was completely sloshed. But still amazingly stable and logical.“Let’s get you home,” he said, coming around the bar to help her from the stool. This was not something he ever did. He owned the bars; how the patrons got home. ”“You have my sincere thanks,” Nimue said with a smile. “I wanted to tell you that I have been meditating for the last several hours, and I can say that everything is as the Security Council said in the meeting today. There was no deception in their tale.”“You read their minds?” Maddie asked.“No, not precisely. Instead, I managed to gaze into history to the points they described today. Everything happened as they say it did. It was, in truth, quite impressive. Very rarely have I.