She stepped into the room. The air felt heavy. The heat that already assaulted the earth that morning made her skin slick and shiny with sweat. She wa...s there for the laundry. But she felt like she was trespassing. She moved her head away from the computer and her eyes followed after. She scanned Dominic's room. It was messy. Unusually messy. Her stepson wasn't the tidiest teenager, but he usually kept things in a better order than they were now. Erin thought: he didn't clean up last night—he. I now knew what they had been doing in the back seat while I was driving.“Let’s all go back to the house. These three still need to get settled, and it will be supper time before long,” Uncle Thad reminded everyone. We had started for the house just before the cats arrived and got under everyone’s feet. A number of them slipped up and sniffed Maureen, but one young female cat in particular stropped herself against Maureen’s leg several times.“You have cats!” the young girl squealed in. ” “Yes you are a big girl so you can do it too. I can teach you if you like,” I offered, sinking my proverbial hook into her. “Okay!” she announced, sounding excited, “What do I do?” I chuckled at her innocent enthusiasm. “Slow down there girl. I have to get back to the others but if you want I can show you tonight after dinner when everyone is watching the evening movie,” I offered. “Okay!” she said again and gave me a hug. That was unexpected and my semi soft pinis became rock hard and stayed. On the other hand some of the wearers perhaps shouldhave thought a bit more about how they looked! If a costume excitedanyone of us, Maddie saved the picture so we could look at them later.Sheesh! There were a lot of pictures.We were disturbed just before seven by the doorbell."I'll get it mum." That'll be your sister Drew." I guess." What's the problem Drew?" Rhod asked."She knows about Saturday." Oh."It was Rhod's turn to go pale."Come on guys its not that bad."Just then Juliette came in with.