Cher's mom. Just sick, or... worse?

[pyrelight]

I was rereading Touch of Twilight, and I noticed that Jo was so concerned about keeping Cher and her mom out of Vegas that she might have overlooked some possible shadow interference. Namely, I find it odd that even Cher would have thought the problem was centered in her mother's lungs, as she's as far from a doctor as possible. So is Cher's mom just sick from being out of the desert? Or did the Shadows in Vegas contact another group to do something? They have a track record of using viral infections, perhaps hoping that when Cher and her mother return, they'd pass along the virus to the Light troops in turn. Which brings up the question, what is Cher's mom sick with, exactly?

[deathlynx]

lol...devious thoughts! Welcome to the dark side! But no, I suppose she probably simply got a cold from the differences in climate or whatnot...

[nat]

lol-i agree with DL...i don't think they'd have done anything to Cher and her mom cuz they didn't know what those two meant to Jo yet....they didnt know that Olivia was Jo when the girls went on the trip

[miki]

...damn that dark side's running amok! I just thought she was regular sick; it never occured to me that it could be shadow agents at work--but then again I've been known to not be a very deep thinker. ;D

[MsKay]

Cher and Her mom are hypochondriacs... and the frizzy hair humidity got to their brain! Resorts in the Islands have top notch medical assistance and if they couldn't fix it their then they could have flown to Australia or New Zealand in two hours to receive it lol

But you got be a little twisted to think of that...congrats I like!

[montbriac]

Has anyone considered the possibility that Suzanne is really Zoe Archer incognito?

We know that Suzanne is Cher's stepmother and that Cher became close to Olivia not long after Joanna's rape and Zoe's disappearance. Suzanne is close to Olivia/Jolivia -- but she also seems to have a lot of helpful advice in metaphor for Jolivia. Likewise, she's incredibly fit for a mortal and has a certain je-nes-se-quois that draws men to her like Zoe. That the dopleganger turns up outside her home could be coincidence but maybe it's not. Likewise, she's also the one who spotted Joaquin for Jolivia at the swinger's ball when she really didn't have much of a description to go on from Jolivia.

We believe that Zoe is still in Vegas and her history is to hide in plain sight where she can keep tabs on those who matter to her -- wouldn't the disguise of being Cher's stepmother be the perfect cover?

Just curious.

[deathlynx]

Actually, yeah, I mentioned the possability in a thread somewhere just after CoS came out...The perfect method to keep and eye on both her daughters...at least until tragedy struck...

[montbriac]

I thought so too... also, I noticed Cher no-last-name is the last half of "Archer", is there any mention of what Cher or Suzanne's last name is anywhere?

[Raven]

I begged Vicki for info on this little conspiracy theory.
She said that Zoe's really identity is...

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a secret. DUH! She's holding that one close to her chest.

She kept changing the answer and laughing just to fuck with me.
"It's.... Warren! No, the Tulpa!"
Betch.
Evil, evil author.

But keep on speculating. It feeds her. She loves it.

[montbriac]

Of course it's a secret but as a reader, I love to play with all of the theories... hey, maybe Chandra is Zoe is disguise, who'd see that one coming!

Whether or not Suzzane is Zoe, I do like the way her character is growing and I hope to see more of her and Cher. I like them!