"Well, no use crying over stolen bodies. There's no way I couldconvince anyone I was Jake Watson - especially with Doris so in lovewith the new me," t...e New Amber laughed ruefully since she was alone inthe office. "Amber gives up this young sexy beautiful body for my life.Well, it might have been worse!"She went back into her office. She steeped her fingers. The new Ambereven suspected that the new Jake hoped by his pretending no body swaphappened to either convince 'Amber' that 'she' had. Sometimes Taylor hated all the fame, all the money, sometimes she wished she could go back to being herself.Taylor glances down at a folded up piece of paper, a note from her current boyfriend Joe. Joe was the only ting in her life, it seemed, to make sense. She could always be herself around Joe. She opens the paper and reads the message Joe left her "For my darling, Tay, when it seems like the world is closing around you, just escape to your own little world and be you, with love Joe XOXO". Crystal was obviously anxious about the coming American tour. She sat between me and Judy, and spoke pretty much equally to both of us. She told us that America was going to be the band’s make-or-break tour and that she was fairly sure our chances of breaking into the American music scene weren’t very good. ‘I just hope nobody’s gonna split from the band during the tour,’ she confided. ‘That would really sink us.’ She seemed to address this to Judy who was discreetly looking away out of the. It was there in the way she hugged Amanda as if afraid the girl would disappear if she let go, and in the way she pressed her body urgently to Amanda's, seeking her warmth, both physically and emotionally. Amanda was burning to know what Roquan had said to her, and Amanda could see the reddened skin of her backside. Amanda chose to hold her tongue for now.Amanda understood now how serious Sirinna's admission had been the night before. Slaves were not supposed to love, or at least, not.