And with another woman...to find it had been going on so long and I never knew.’ To be honest I had had an inkling that my mother was fucking around... for a while, even suspecting it was with the woman she left him for, a work colleague, but it still came as a shock. What probably made things worse tonight, was that Mum had been at the house today to collect her stuff. ‘That smug bitch was probably sat in the car thinking how clever she was to have won her from me...’ I hugged him to me and said. 'Oh, very good, young man. My friend here told me about your... qualities. Now I'm even more interested in you than before. Angry? No, of course not, sooner or later you will surely find a way to my bed and then I will get ten time more pleasure of yourself then you will wish to offer now.'She winked at me and I kind of regretted my previous answer. We laughed it off and went dancing. We mostly danced together, but then DJ played more and more romantic slow songs, so I got cheek to cheek with. Her mirth rolled over me as we flew out above the Jyou Sea. She didn’t sound afraid at all.She was fearless. A few years back, she had thrown herself into Mother Azuliana’s fire to shield Kurtis. I admired my sister so much for that act. She had stepped up to save his life. She had some strange power. She had burned that day, and it hadn’t harmed her. No one in the family understood why.Maybe we’d discover that truth on this journey, too.My fear simmered down to dread with every beat of my. "I appreciate that James, but you keep it just incase."And with those words she and John were out the door and gone. I scrounged around for some food, ate some leftovers and watched a couple of shows on television then put a movie in the DVD and watched that too. I looked at the clock and saw that it was already 11:30 so I figured that mom would be home pretty soon. I was restless and I walked around the house turning off all the lights then I sat down in the dark and thought about mom's date..