When outside the shop Ella asked “Where now?” to which Nina replied “I’ve bought what I need so I’m ready to go. How about you?” Ella a...nswered “oh I’m going home. Are you catching the bus?” “No, I’ve got my car.” Nina added “can I give you a lift maybe?” half hoping the teenager would accept her offer as she liked the girl, albeit she was actually slightly scared of her knowing she can be a strict young thing and all, remembering clearly the spanking she had already received from her. On. It had just screamed past us and Carla saw the wreck in her rearview mirror and skidded to a stop on the shoulder.They had all been killed instantly. Carla went nuts, of course. Dina and I weren't in much better shape, but we were not, after all, 19 years old and new mothers. We all went sort of crazy for a long time after that. Dina decided she needed to be on her own so she divorced me. It wasn't an angry divorce. We dissolved everything equably. I bought her share of the house and she moved. "I might have been overly eager."I directed my words towards the presence, which I assumed was the Censor."Give us access and let us leave. Bemariq will return, after he hasconsidered the proposition."After a prolonged moment, an amaranth lance of disapproval stabbed at mymind.I brushed the mental discomfort aside. "We need a few days for us to betogether--" Sirin, if the--" Bem, please." I returned my concentration to the Censor. "We need time,so we can place everything in order. You can't see. It was a great game, AND a great party in their box with one pitcher of beer after another being served. After the game, they all four left the stadium three-sheets-to-the-wind, feeling young and wild and free. With road construction all but blocking the roads on two sides of the stadium, the traffic jam was intense, and even just to get out of the parking lot was going to take awhile. Ryan and Matt had the large sun roof of the limo open and, as Andre patiently waited and looked for.