. Magic isreal..." I guess I wasn't tricked after all," Dean responded, feeling a bitsmug about that.Alice only nodded faintly before saying, "You've ...ot to take me to thisstore some time. If they have a real live fairy there, I have GOT tosee it..." Yeah," Dean grinned, "But she looks sort of like a Goth version ofTinkerbell." I can't wait to see her," Alice responded.Dean only nodded, looking down at himself and smiling, "I think it'salmost done..." You look kind of short," Alice grinned down. I continued walking through the garage to where they were standing outside.“What’s so funny?” I ask. Silence for a second, then Steph speaks up. “Well, we were trying to fall sleep but we had a little trouble sleeping.” Steph said chuckling. I gave her a sideways glance, head tilted to the side. “where’s Jeron?” Trev asks, “did you leave him in one piece?’” “Ha ha.” I say back to him with a little attitude.I began to wonder if we were louder than I thought. I was conscious of not wanting to be. "I gave her a weak but indulgent smile. "Try me."She blushed and hesitated before starting for the bedroom. "Follow me," she said.She led me into the bedroom and then into the rear bathroom. Her toiletries were still on the floor in two small shoulder bags. She bent over the tub and turned on the water. "First, we need a warm tub..." She adjusted the water flow and then turned to me with a naughty smile. "Can you guess yet?" Looks an awful lot like a bathtub filling up with water, lady."She. The outcome and cost, Rusty explained, would depend on how strongly the university wanted to back their employee and her decision. If they backed down too early, they'd look weak to the rest of the faculty and staff.Waylon brought two items of interest to Rusty's attention. With the AI's help, Waylon discovered that Ms. Trammel had been dismissed from Smith, the exclusive women's college, for an inappropriate relationship with a student. The relationship had ended explosively, which was what.