It was a miracle I found where to sit, as Aubrey pulled me towards their clustered couch. She turned the TV on and settled down on my lap. Jessie sat beside me, occasionally puffing on her inhaler. So that's why she had a scarf pressed to her nose, the poor girl was asthmatic. The sound of pots and utensils notified me that Anabelle was in the kitchen, I wanted to help her out, but Aubrey refused to get off my lap, besides the show we were watching was hilarious. I couldn’t remember the last time I watched TV. Even though there was a large plasma screen in the lounge of the Piacere house, I hardly came out of my room, even if I did, there was always a fight of who wanted to watch what, the volume being too high or too low. I did not want to get involved, so the television was useless t

