As I feared, that whisper haunted my dreams all night."That's what Susan thinks. I told her he seems fine to me, other than the tension between you tw...o." She watched me over her coffee as she took a sip. "I didn't mention that part to her, though." What tension?" I asked, taking another bite of my toast to hide my reaction. My stomach was roiling from the wine and acid."You have been stalking around each other like cats, Kate. I can't tell if you're going to smile at him or scratch his eyes. That pleased Vishal who asked her,“So you do not have to know me you just said, why?”Still looking down at the floor she replied,“It’s useless. If it was not you someone else would have come to see me and I would have to accept, and even if you do not accept now, someone else will come later and I will have the same answer, what is important is that the boy accepts, then the girl is supposed to be blessed! I accept or not I will be lucky if you accept me!”Vishal was happy with her answer and. "Well, Hell's bells! That war'll never be done with," said Maeve. "I wonder if there are more Rebels like this running around?"She walked off away from the wagons to think and came upon three bodies lying in a gully—obviously a family.Maeve's heart sank, and she said softly, "The killings just go on and on."Shaylee came up behind her sister and saw the bodies."Well, damn and double damn! That's why they fired at us ... we caught them red handed." It would seem so," sighed Maeve."I have to ask. I walked back to my room, well, bathroom first, and pondered this. I fell asleep without a real answer, but it sure seemed like mom liked watching me.The next day was normal until about 5 pm. I had done homework and watched some TV and played with my phone. Mom had done whatever it is that moms do. Around 5 pm, I went to the living room and saw her dusting the furniture.She was wearing a thin sweater sort of top that I hadn’t seen before. It was cut very low and showed a fair amount of.