”Ethan froze, staring intently into the sink, too afraid to raise his eyes for fear of what he might see. The voice was coming from behind him, imme...diately recognizable, the smell of cigarette smoke wafting on the air.“What is this?” he demanded, his mouth suddenly bone dry. He could feel eyes on his back, he knew instinctively that someone or something was standing just a few feet away, but he dared not look.“It’s not about you seein’ us,” the voice continued, “it’s about us seein’ you. Oh, we. We drove to the golf club and he told me they were presenting the guy with a retirement present and then i was supposed to come out behind a curtain and surprise him, throughout the drive there he kept glancing at my legs and as it was hot i took my coat off and placed it on the back seat.How he managed to keep the car on the road i do not know as all he did was glance every five seconds at my outfit, i did enjoy the attention and would fiddle with my suspenders for fun.We arrived at the golf. Greeneused to baby sit but she doesn't live here anymore. We liked Mrs.Greene." We need to get you both to school," I said. "Does Mommy take you?" Sometimes," said Hannah. "But we can walk by ourselves." Get yourselves ready," I said. "I am going to be Mommy now. When youare ready you will need to say your final goodbyes to your old Mommy.And then we are not going to say anything about this to anybody. Do youunderstand? If you want me to stay and be your new Mommy, nobody knows.OK?" But. "Hermione... She said... Shesaid Trisha and me weren't no good." What did she mean that you were 'no good'?" She-she said that I liked boys too much, that I liked 'em to... totouch_ me, touch me in places where boys ain't supposed t'touchgirls." She spoke fast, blurting the words. "I-I don't let boystouch me like that, mama, honest I don't."Kaitlin reflected back over the last few months, since Elmer had takenthe potion to save his life by becoming Emma. 'So _many_ changes,'she thought. .