I'd much rather get into the car, start the lid retracting, get my sunglasses on, put my seatbelt on, etc., rather than have all those things stalled ...ecause I have to be a statue for twenty five seconds. I guess the reason for the deliberate inconvenience is so if someone puts their baby on the top of the roof, gets inside the car, and then accidentally presses the lid retraction button, the ex-parents of the pancake-baby won't sue Lexus for a billion dollars for making a baby-flattening car.. Bob is to sit out in full view in the back garden until I get there!" retorted Pamela.Suddenly Janice fell silent and stared at Bob; Bob immediately tried to apologise but Pamela would hear none of it. Instead she snapped that one of them was going to be punished and she was going to allow them to choose who that would be.Ever the gent around his wife; Bob volunteered to accept whatever punishment Pamela wished to hand out. Accepting this Pamela told him she would think up a suitable punishment. " Allison said, again.It was going to be a long night no matter what and it was already off to a bad start. Since we had returned home from the hospital Mom and Allison had been arguing about whether or not she should spend the night with me. The idea was that I have someone to keep an eye on me and make sure I didn't have any further problems. Mom seemed to think that perhaps Allison had other ideas about sharing my bed."I'm just saying that you are supposed to be there to keep an eye on him.. I saw the rage in his eyes, heard it in his voice. Had he been able to focus his power, I would not be here now. Little Tama though, by the gods, I felt the inherent power in her try to come out. If she were even three years older, the entire town would have been a smoldering ruin in minutes." Then I need to go and start the control lessons now. Her life and every one around her could be in mortal danger." I am not so sure of that. When I rode out of the village this morning to meet with you, I.