The pain Nicole experienced during those incidents was far worse than she ever, ever experienced.While he was down, Nicole flew off the bed and ran to...ards the stairs. Her Foster Father got up and bolted after her, not far behind. She began trampling up the stairs, but he grabbed her by her leg and began to pull her back down. Nicole clenched onto the handrail and kicked him in face full force, and he let go of her to grab his puounding nose.She bolted upstairs the rest of the way and began. Oh, that feels so good, Bev!... While I'm at it I'm going to have implants put in..." I've always wanted them dear, but I never had it done since your father was such a fuddy-duddy about it..." Oh, nothing very excessive, just something that will look good in a bikini..." No, I'm not too old for a bikini, but if you think that, you're the one that's too old to wear one..." No, nothing like that. They make some very nice ones these days, even sexier than the ones they had when I was your age.. "Where is this Lexington?" he asked."It's in Kentucky. We'll see that you get to New Orleans also," I assured him."How long will the journey take?" he asked."About a second," I told him to a look of disbelief."We are Sorcerers and use Magic to do things," I added, but he still didn't look like he believed me."Magic?" he asked in a questioning voice."Yes, we are the ones who created the Defensive Shells around the British supply warehouses so they couldn't use the supplies," Annan told him. Now I want you under the dryer for about 10 minutes, then you can startgetting your makeup done. Beth will grab you when it's time."I sat down next to the lady Amber had worked on earlier. She glanced myway, looking up from her magazine. I was prepared for her to give me anasty look, since she would be wondering what a man was doing here, butshe just smiled. Reaching down, she picked up a magazine and offered itto me. I smiled back, mimed a thank you and started looking at it. WhenI did, I.