By the time we got back, Cindy was home from work, complaining about her boss,

complaining about the weather, and telling Bling that 'he' was in a bad mood today.

Bling agreed with her, and I saw another look pass between them. Cindy then

changed the subject to dinner. I knew that they were talking about whomever was

in that room. And last night, before I interrupted them, Cindy said mom didn't stick

around long enough to know the truth. What happened, and what was the truth? I

had to find out. First of all, I had to find out why Mom left Seattle in the first

place. I knew it had something to do with dad, but what? I figured I had at least

two days to figure it out, one day for my letter to get to Bay-West, and another

for mom's answer to get back to me. I knew she would request me to go home. She

didn't want me digging into her past, or else she would have told us herself what

had happened. Wouldn't she?

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