Or, was it?What if the, huh, the… the Juice? The Nectar? What if the liquid had changed her permanently? She couldn't go to work looking like that.S...e snapped her fingers, trying to recall the name of the substance. Then she remembered last night's redhead throwing away the bottle.AJ rushed to her room, towards the little bin beside her bed. She pulled out an empty glass bottle out of a pile of used tissues.~°~Peach Elixir~°~ By the EmporiumIngest me for looks that could kill and an amazing. "At any rate, I'll see you in the morning." See you in the morning," Devlin agreed.She got her books and a sweater and headed over to Sue and Danny's. Sue had dinner already in hand, and the kids were playing in the back yard, the oldest with a doll, the younger on a blanket while Sue tended an ice cream maker."Danny's already home," Sue said. She carefully poured a cup of milk in the ice cream maker. "Dinner won't be for a little while, maybe an hour or so." You sure you don't need anything?". I hugged my pillow tightly, and as the first few sobs came from my chest, the phone next to the bed rang. I wondered who the hell wanted to interrupt my misery just as it was getting started."Hi Lauren," Chandra said from the other end of the phone."Hi," I said, "Chandra, please understand that I never meant..." I know, Lauren. Listen, can we talk for a few minutes ... face-to-face?" Sure. Where?" Coffee shop next to the hotel lobby? It's pretty quiet right now." O.K. Let me look in the mirror. He didn’t want to have to read his credit card off in a public place like this. Also he really didn’t want to have to pay for the call, but apparently he had no choice in the matter. He had to call Lance. The situation was far too complex to call and involve the police; the last thing they needed was the police investigating what they were doing.“Of course, sir,” the operator replied.Justin rattled off a credit card number from his memory, then stated: “I’d like to call Lance Landis at the.