"We call him 'hands' when his back is turned. He can't talk to a girl without pawing her." But he doesn't know anybody up here, poor fellow." He could...not take his eyes off Vixen's smooth legs which were crossed right in front of him."My grad assistant's a nice guy, Phil. Why don't you ask him? He's got a good eye. You going to take your acrylics down with you?"Vixen nodded. "Last chance, Mr. Morris, a long weekend with me in your sleeping bag. How about it?" You are really antsy," he said with. 24. Her dark eyes were completely dead. She eyed me, then went back to looking at her present, wrapped in red paper dotted with white cupids—a Valentines Day present.It had been Valentines Day when the demons attacked."I-I'm here to clean your room."The figure shrugged."And..." I swallowed. " ... clean you."She didn't respond."I'm also a gift ... from the Goddess. She loves you, 24, and misses you." A gift," she rasped, then a dark, almost hysterical chuckle. "Another gift that I can't open.". "She looked up at me with thankful, loving eyes.I said, "I'm proud of you. You earned this. You deserve it. And after you leave here today, you'll be in a place where you can be yourself. Mr. Buchanan won't be around to make you feel like a criminal for being yourself."Her eyes shuttled quickly to one side and she whispered, "Evelyn and Tasha are coming back." She gave my arm an extra squeeze and, looking down, she sent me a secret smile. "Thank you, hon."Within five minutes the cathedral-like. Mimi assured me I had nothing to worry about, that my body chemistrywas adjusting unusually to my radical change in diet and exercise, andthat it would sort itself out soon. When I meekly suggested thatperhaps I should stop, she appraised my body and smiled."Don't be in such a hurry, Sweetheart," she murmured appreciatively,eyeing me hungrily. "We'll just get you a new wardrobe, something morebecoming to your new attributes. I like you just the way you are. Youlook so much more - desirable.