I can’t have anything happening to you girls while I’m not here.” “AUNT SARA! THAT’S SO UNFAIR!” Mandy started “How can you say I can do... what I want in one sentence and say the opposite in the next?” “I know how you must feel but I am responsible for anything that happens in this house. The answer is no!” Mandy rolled her eyes and swore under her breath as she headed out to the pool house where she had been staying during her visit. Sara felt bad but knew she was justified in drawing the line. "You see, being a cartoon is hard work. We make you guys laugh, makeyou cry, that whole thing. But these days people are so caught up withrationality and logic and other stuff that you don't even understandgood Toon physics when you see them. A lot of people like yourself havebecome so brainwashed by logic that you don't even acknowledge thatToons exist. You shut us out of your brains and pretend we're justmake-believe! After all these years, the least we could get is a littlerespect, you know?. I had some reading to do and I knew that after she'd squirmed and talked for a few minutes, Dani would settle down and go to sleep on my shoulder. I'd be able to study with no problem.I wasn't expecting Amber to be waiting in ambush as I walked out the door. She and Rich were standing on the porch."Amber! Rich. I wasn't expecting to see you this weekend. What's up? Let's go in the house where it's warm." We walked over to the house, all got hot drinks, and sat in front of the fire. Rose curled. "It made no sense to me back then, and it makes no sense now," she said in a strained voice. She cleared her throat when her words threatened to dissolve into a sob. "I regret I had delayed so long before I read the journal. By the time I reached this point, she was gone." So whaddaya mean it makes no sense?" Ned asked. His voice was more hesitant, and Debby wondered if he were afraid of treading on sensitive ground."Please, Ned, don't feel guilty for pressing me," Debby said in a soft voice..