.. official. I'm sure you understand the necessity." My eyes must have been buggingout. "And they're kind of suspicious of you, so we have to prove ...thatyou're here as a sort of slave to us. So all you have to do is be herewhile we... make it official... again." I thought I saw Memat smile atthat but couldn't be sure. Aliya didn't seem too effected by theunnatural situation. He came to her, they embraced, and she kissed himpassionately. She gave me a sidelong glance and said soto voce,. Tom had stopped drinking for his wife. We said that we might meet up later.As I got to the bar, I found a few of the people I despised in school drinking beers and talking. These guys were on the football team and managed to get all the hot, smart woman in school to become drooling idiots around them. They picked on me because I was a guy who sang, acted and played music instead of sports. Now things had changed. All of them were in as good of shape as Dom DeLuise. A few of them had their wives. He fixed his makeup andgrabbed a sled on the way outside.Down at his grandparents' store, they were enjoying a chillymorning nestled up with a warm fire and sharing a cup of cocoawith marshmallows before opening the shop. They had justunlocked the doors when Luke reached the bottom of the hill toshovel the walk for them. "Thanks for shoveling the walk, Lesley." Flo said with a smileWithout her glasses she couldn't see she was talking to her owngrandson. "We're getting the shop ready for our. Angela jumped off to join them, her eyes starstruck, wondering just what else there was to find in this house. As they walked back down the hall, Angela asked ?so which rooms are yours?? ?Oh, uhm?? Sandra seemed caught off guard by the question, but she pointed to the door right next to Angela?s ?we sleep in there.??Both of you?? Angela asked, surprised. ?But this place is huge, you don?t have your own rooms???Nope!? Sasha exclaimed, and Angela shrugged to herself. ?Mom?s room is.