" I said boldly. "I don't have a girl friend and I think my sister keeps putting them off, but then as I said I want them to be as pretty and as nice ...s you."One weekend shortly after that conversation my parents and my sister went to a family wedding. I made it clear that I was not going, and eventually my mother asked Penny if she would look after me. Penny suggested that I went and stayed with her to keep her company. I was quite happy to do so, and I must admit that my fantasies ran riot. Or her tribe or something, I never did figure it out. Might have even been a clan of them. One of her sources of honor was in the strangely forward curving metal sword she used. Metal seemed by and large to be a rarity for the Pudarin and the Faradwim. I think it had something to do with their relatively primitive cultures and lack of mining technology. She used her weapon well, primitive or not. I saw the Acathian soldiers trying to reach cover from my men. They were unaware of her as she. Really lame! A roomful of teenagers in Halloween costumes? Lamer! I mean, are we supposed to go trick or treat? You gave me twenty bucks, Mom. What kind of lame costume can I get for twenty bucks? Win a prize! Oh yeah, for sure! Lamest costume of the century!Behind her, Kristie heard a familiar high-pitched nasal voice, talking over-loud. Yep, she thought, looking behind her. That's Ann Marie Kruger and her two pals, Angela and Andrea. Triple A's they call themselves... triple assholes is what. "You told me something about your love life and then I told you an intimate secret about myself. I think now it's your turn."This caught me cold. Quite clearly Fiona wanted me to talk some more about the things Roger and I got up to, before she would answer my questions. Had she been turned on by my last revelation, or did she merely want to know something she could use in case I didn't keep my mouth shut about her secret? No matter which, I was willing to pay that price. I just hoped there.