She returned to my side and then she and the doctor, a woman named Hawthorne, got serious. They gave me a quick exam, and I had a chance to ask them s...me questions. “You had to operate?” I asked.“Yes, but it wasn’t that serious. I gather you know that the bullet didn’t actually penetrate all that deep?”I nodded. “The medic said he’d never seen anything like it. It must have spent almost its entire force just busting through my armor. He held my head up so I could look. It was sticking half out. When girls her age started to date, Ms. Masters got the guys that the girls were all after. Everything was just rosy then.Meanwhile, her friend Jennifer Lee wasn't the greatest. She did well on her own merits, mind you, but not as well as Heather. When she got the role of Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet," Jenni got the second best part. While her friend dated the quarterback in high school, she dated a running back. She was still quite popular, but always living in the shadow of her friend's. Or he was until he bumped into Nancy Jensen, a dark-skinned woman with a slim, girlish body. Her black hair was straight and hung almost to her buttocks. Her huge brown eyes were set in an exotically beautiful face. The clinging white dress she wore left no doubt as to the quality of her figure. ‘So how do you know Tim and Heidi?’ Bob asked. ‘Heidi and I met at a nursing conference a few years ago,’ Nancy replied. She moved closer to him and her body brushed his. ‘She told me there was a job. Well, wait till yousee how it works!" I -uh- I can't cone over there, Richard," I admitted at last, "I'm insort of a-a problem, and I was really hoping that-that you could... thatyou would come over and help me!" Really?" His voice changed suddenly, from whining hopefulness to arather ominously fascinated tone. "That does sound interesting! I'll beright up!" Right up!" I squeaked, "You mean you--" I'm in the Lobby," He said shortly, "I'd planned on surprising you.Now, well, we'll see!"It was a.