"I need to contact the airport and have them check on flights here from Star City with any of those names aboard so we can see what we're up against. ...ydia, please excuse us, go to our room and return in five minutes," he ordered. Once Lydia was gone Max turned to the other seven,"You are getting sleepy, very sleepy," he intoned. "You cannot keep your eyes open." Seven pair of eyes closed. "You will no longer be the slaves of Ramon Prize and Tony Romano. You obey and only belong to me from this. Want some breakfast?"At the mention of food, Sam's stomach rumbled. "Sounds great. Are your parents up yet?" I don't think so," Gina said. "It sounded like a late night for them, too." She got up and pulled a pair of panties and a t-shirt out of a drawer, not bothering to dress otherwise. Sam had brought a change of clothes in his backpack the day before, in case he was successful with Gina's parents. Getting dressed now, he congratulated himself on his foresight.Neither Angie nor Roberto were. " she finally managed feebly with a nervous laugh."Urgh..." Laharl groaned, burying her face in her hands. "Stupid, stupidPleinair!" Come on, Laharl..." Flonne said in what she hoped was a comforting voiceas she placed a hand on Laharl's shoulder. "Let's go home. You can explainwhat happened on the way, okay?"* * * * *"Don'tlookdowndon'tlookdowndon'tlookdowndon'tlookdowndon'tlookdown..."Laharl chanted to herself quietly as she walked into her castle, tryingher hardest to ignore the 'bounce. When I was a teenager, my brothers Pearson and Pip, Jr. caught our father, the Kansas industrialist Pipkin Wegg dressing up as ?Pippi? and going out on the town in the streets of Wichita, and trying to get drunk men to use and abuse him in his role as a blowzy blonde transvestite.Should I have been surprised? With a wife like my mother, of course Dad was a bit kinky. Mother was one vicious martinet, let me tell you!It’s true. I was raised by a dominant mother?and that’s probably part of why I.