No regrets – part 4
Disclaimer: None of the characters are mine, but belong to Impossible Pictures™.
"Well, this proves to be interesting," Helen muttered thoughtfully to herself, as she observed Nick still getting along with Jenny (not that she cared about their relationship like that), and Connor no longer dating Abby Maitland but rather some other young woman. "Apparently, human social interactions are intertwined tighter than it is usually acknowledged by my peers. Fascinating. What shall I do next?"
As a matter of fact, that last statement was rhetorical, as somewhere deep in the mists of time, a time anomaly opened and several bullseye snakehead fish swam into the rivers of the self-same Carboniferous (Helen's favoured time epoch for experiments).
As the fish from the future face-off with the local primeval amphibians from the past, the scene changed.
"What? What has changed?" Helen blinked from a sudden outrush of vertigo as she stared down at her latest painting, still half-finished (the view of a Cambrian sea floor, complete with sponges, jellyfish and trilobites).
"I'm not sure, sis, because I didn't touch anything," Hilary Becker said quickly, "honest. I am actually going on a date with Jess now, so if you don't mind..."
"Yes, here are the keys to the car," Helen said absent-mindedly, slightly more concerned with her foggy half-memories than with her brother for a change.
As Hilary – fully intending to take advantage of his big sister's current distraction took the keys and began to walk towards the indoor door to the garage, Helen's next words made him pause:
"And don't forget – you dent it, you're grounded!"
"Yes, sis."
End