Actually there were 8

But I knew I couldn't show them

Where we last left off it was raining. Allison was in the car driving down the road. Going who knows where. 

And then she had a flashback of one year ago. She was back at her house with her daughter. She was trying to put Claire to bed. She kept offering her different books but she didn't want a single one of them. She wanted to hear the story of TUA and Luther being on the moon. She wanted to hear the story of how TUA defeated the bank robbers at the museum. That was always a fun story. All good stories started with it was dark and stormy night. And that's where Allison was starting her story. Like it was in our real life a year later. She said they went in quietly like mice. One by one in a line. The story was told as if they were puppets. Allison started with saying her uncle Luther but Claire cut her off and called him "Spaceboy" they laughed at that and then she continued saying that Luther found the first one. That her uncle Diego pinned the second one.

She told her how uncle Ben defeated 4 at the same time. Awe stories about good ol' Ben when they were kids and with his tentacles. She said uncle Klaus was a little distracted and in the story he was flirting it up with a female ghost. Not that Klaus was probably sober enough for that. And he probably wouldn't be flirting with them anyways. He was afraid of his powers but still I do believe that he was distracted. But he was always getting drunk or high the last time he says he was sober till now was when he was 13 so maybe he was talking to some ghosts. She never told her daughter that she rumored the thief the way she told it was that she asked nicely for him to put back what didn't belong to him. And then the robbers went to jail. In the story they were smiling and waving down at the people while dad stood in the back. Apparently the city threw them a big fancy party. Mommy how come auntie Vanya and auntie Farrah are never in the stories? She asked Allison. Good question Claire.

They never came with us on missions sweetie. Allison said. Why not she asked?! Yeah Allison why not?! She said we were a little different than them. She stopped there and told her it was time for bed. But Claire did not want to go to sleep. She wanted one more story wanted to hear about the Eiffel Tower. But Allison said no because it was past her bedtime. She said just one more but Allison said she'd tell her another one tomorrow. But she said she wasn't tired. She kept begging and begging and begging for one more story and Allison was getting so frustrated. So she sat down with her and said she heard a rumor. Oh the beginning of the end of everything. For Vanya and I and for ending her marriage with Patrick. I heard a rumor that you're really tired and you want to go to sleep. She told her daughter. I'm so tired mommy. I know sweetie Allison said. But when she finished putting her to bed Patrick was standing there listening and watching and he walked away. She wanted to explain but he didn't want to hear it.

And then it went back to the present she was crying and the thunder roared. Then she remembered the other things she'd said. I heard a rumor I made the soccer team. I heard a rumor you wanna be my friend. I heard a rumor you like broccoli. I heard a rumor you left me alone! I heard a rumor you stopped crying. I heard a rumor I am perfect for the role I heard a rumor that I did that all in one take. I heard a rumor that you love me. She started speeding up feeling sad and angry. She drove through the night and in the morning she was on a road in a forest like area. She pulled up to a house that said Jenkins on it. She picked up the file Diego got for her. She looked at it put it down and then got out of the car. She started walking up to the house stalking outside of it. She snuck around back creeping around. She snuck around as if she were being watched as if she was gonna set off some kind motion censor like the "Ring." She peeked through the window saw Vanya's violin case. A bird flew at her and it scared her. But we weren't there. Vanya was in a chair asleep. I sat in my own hospital bed groggy. My sister's hand in my own of course she was upset about her so called boyfriend but I was still her "sister."