" Charlotte said."OK, lets go." Sandy said as she headed for the door. They were back about an hour and a half later. We watched TV for a while and ha...d PBJ's and iced tea for lunch. I wanted to do something different this time, so I told the girls that we were not going to go into a long explanation this time. I wanted them to follow my lead and discreetly get Brenda out of the way later on.The doorbell rang at 4:40pm. Sandy went and answered it with Charlotte right behind her. After. They sat down and Gwenllian poured the tea.“Oh mam, I had such a wonderful time last weekend. We, that is, Sharifa and I travelled to Kobekistan.”Gwenllian almost choked on her tea. “Kobekistan? In the Middle East. But your passport is here. How did you get to go there?”Nicola chose her words carefully. “That’s the fun part. Sharifa’s da is something important in the country. She can come and go as she pleases and she brought me along with her.”Gwenllian was stunned. She struggled for something. We told mom our plan and she agreed but said to keep the sound down so it didn't dusturb them when they went to sleep. We laid on the fold out couch and dan got a huge quilt to cover us with and as we laid watching tv, I said I wish we had a lighter cover cause i was hot. He said me too, lets take off our tshirts and undies. I gladly accepted and we were laying down naked next to each other now. I was closest to the tv. Dan was behind me and I could feel him lean against me. I said that feels. She'sjust been, well, very depressed," she admitted."That sucks. Man... There are days when Iguess having a beneficial mutation would reallybite. At least one like that. How's your stuffcoming?" He continued his unintentionalgrilling."Pretty good. I mean, I'm a recessive, so I'mnever going to be a powerhouse, but with Ms.Lynn's permission, Talon has us working once amonth with members of Golden Shield asmentors. Stellar has been teaching me a lot, andgiving me lots of new ideas about creative.