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"You are normal," Janet said, and there was absolute conviction in her voice "What happened to you, Martin--youryour father tell you the truth--you dealt a those drea s You survived

"I don’t bla all of it The only thing is, I wish you had told me We’ve been ent Savich said about the truth--he’s right, only the truth will do I wish you’d tolddirectly into her eyes "I never wanted to think about hiain I never wanted it to touch our lives I didn’t want it to hurt you, or us"

"Well, aren’t you a bloody fool!?"

He actually grinned, squeezed his wife’s hand Savich held very still, knowing he was invisible to theht them back

"Martin, the first episode, as that?"

Janet Thornton sucked in her breath "What a horrible word"

Savich shrugged "But I think it fits, more or less, don’t you?"

"Yes," Martin said "Now I can say that Six o, it just hit hcrazy It lasted only a couple of hours, but I scared the hell out of Janet She talked irls weren’t here that tio, and that one lasted longer"

"You were here, at hos and baked beans, potato chips--all ht we should have our own private celebration, without the girls They were at a sleepover at a friend’s house I suddenly remembered this was exactly what I always loved to eat when I was little I started crying Janet heldto an to fade"

Savich looked thoughtful "The day after your birthday You nearly re"

"You think so?"

"Maybe Then what, Martin?"