"As a matter of fact, Mom, Grant came by my building this very morning. I hadn't seen him in ages. He called and said he wanted to meet me while I was out running. I told him to bug off, but he came anyway. He wanted me to... Let's just say he's still wheeling and dealing." Nina looked at her for a long moment. "He showed up here yesterday morning, darling, out of the blue. After all those years when he didn't give a shit-- excuse my Francais. I acted like I didn't quite know who he was, but I got every word. He's still spending his salary on clothes. He talked a lot, saying he knew a man--a doctor with some kind of experimental treatment--who could turn back the clock on my ... or at least stop it. He could give me a chance to take my mind back. And then he left his card. He wanted me to talk to you about it and then call him back." Grant, you bastard. You didn't say a word about any of this. What're you trying to do? No need for rocket science. He was using Nina as bait. This was his way to make sure she was dragged into whatever shenanigans he was up to. If he got Nina out to that place in New Jersey, whatever it was, it would be like he had a hostage. She was so angry she was gasping for air. And she felt that damned tightness in her chest coming on. "I told Maria to throw the card away," Nina went on, "but then I got to wondering. What if it's true?" "You don't really think--" "Of course not," Nina declared, but Ally wasn't sure how much she meant it. "Probably he just needs money. That'll come next. I'd guess he's hoping I'll give him a 'down payment' for this 'treatment,' whatever it is. That's surely what's going on. Trying to take advantage of a senile old woman." Nina didn't appear to be fooled. Or was she? Sometimes she did her thinking out loud before coming to a conclusion. "Seth may be barking up the wrong tree with me, Ally," she went on. "I'm not sure I want any of his miracle cures. I've lived my life. I'm tired." She looked away. "When you're young, you never think about what it's like to be old. But then when you do get old you somehow can't imagine being young again. Having to do it all over..." Her voice trailed off. Yes, Ally thought, you've had plenty of pain you wouldn't want to relive. Nina sat back down on her flowered chaise and closed her eyes. "Do you know what day this is?" "I was hoping you'd remember." She reached and grasped her hand. "It's been five years today. Exactly."