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I sigh as Sam finally starts to fall asleep, his head on my lap, "what's gotten into you Sammy..." I heard a soft thump from another room in the house and looked up, Nanook's head rising from the end of the small bed at the same background noise. Another bump sounds and I'm ready to stand but the phone suddenly rings and Sam shoots up; his breathing erratic. "What is that?!" I blink a little surprised, "just the phone Sammy, it's okay..." He takes a second as I reach over grabbing the phone, "hello?" I held the phone up to my ear but it was snatched. Sam jumps and grabs it, holding it up to his ear instead, "hello!"

"Mom. I think we've got to have a long talk about something?" I reached up towards my face and began to rub my temples, "Sammy..." My whisper didn't meet his ears, "We can't talk about it on the phone." Sam looks up suddenly and freezes as he begins looking out the window. I looked up at his frozen face and turned my head to look outside to see what had scared him so much and froze, "what the fuck..."

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