Having a guest was good for me; I was certainly eating better, healthier, more green stuff, than I usually did. Hey, I hadn’t bought my usual bulk b...x of 18 Zagnut candy bars or even a Moon Bar since her arrival. Cooking meals for two had sure cut down on my lonely snacking. Hey, I was even showing interest in what else was on offer in the food section, rather than just going for what I normally bought.I saw some vacuum-packed meatballs which looked okay, and added to my trolley the ingredients. "Wait for me in our special spot. I love you!"Lisa smiled as the truck pulled out of the camp. Although she felt sad at losing Shelly for a few hours her heart was dancing with the last three words the older teenager had spoken. She went to her cabin and freshened up before heading up the long trail to Shelly's pond.She had only walked a short distance before Lisa heard angry shouts coming from cabin number nine. She paused in front of the cottage and looked in. What she saw made her freeze. The other was that it helped buffer the miasma of emotion that threatened to overwhelm me. I was a relatively weak Empath, meaning I could feel what others were feeling, but only if they were feeling it very strongly. With a field full of mourning people, I needed all the help I could get.Finally making it through the crowd, we found ourselves facing a raised stone platform, the mounds of the dead resting on it. Around the perimeter of the crowd were four people in chairs; the only ones not. " Then sheremembered who she was talking to, under that make-up and body suit. "I'msure everyone will be impressed, Mr. Marcus." Please," he heard himself say. "Only call me Laurie. It will help meto..." What was it that serious actors did? "... to build the character.And ask everyone else not to refer to me as Mr. Marcus. Or Willy. I needto be treated completely as a lady." Certainly... dear."All of his bluster and ego were gone. Janet no longer felt the need to besubservient around.