But I think you may have just caused them to realize that you're not that little girl who used to tag along behind us anymore. You've grown up.” All...at once, I was aware of how close our bodies were, of his hand on my waist and on my face and my own hands touching the skin of his neck. I found myself studying his face, no longer overtaken by baby fat, but well chiseled and defined, though some of the boyish charm remained. “I'm really glad I asked you to come. I never could have had this much. "I hope for your daughter's sake that these new attributes don't get in the way of my mission," she responded."Anyway, remember those two girls you passed up on?" Yeah," she replied, hesitantly."They will be going ahead of you to act as distractions"."What?!?" Relax... I hired two female agents to take over their bodies"."What are the agents names?" Leah North and Debbie Dixon. Do you know them?" I never heard of them"."Then by all means, go meet them," Danthers replied.Chris didn't like the. The man hopped into the driver seat. The car started as I shuddered in the back. More gunshots erupted behind me as the car drove forward.“A-are you...?” I trembled. “I...”“It's okay,” the man said, his voice soft. It sounded like the imam. “Take off your hood, Nova.”I pulled it off, blinking. It was still night. Flashing lights danced behind us. I turned to see cop cars before a building. Figures were surging in. Gunshots cracked inside. I gasped and then looked ahead to see the imam, his. "Hate to ... shower and run," the laugh turned into a giggle." Not a problem. The whole evening was sort of last minute." This stink with Roberto will be over with soon. I"ll be settled into my new position, and then we'll have more time together, I promise."We kissed at the door and I waved goodbye as she pulled away.Weird. Here I was, the guy trying to hide a burgeoning secret identity and the second life it entailed, and Kelli was the one making excuses for not being able to spend as much.