"Yes dearest," the king agreed looking for a quiet life."Can we have a hanging daddy, can we please for my birthday?" Lilla asked."No dearest," the Ki...g stated."But Daddy that's not fair!" Lilla cried, "I never have any nice things!" You had a cat!" he explained."Apart from the cat," she said petulantly, "And I wanted a Prince not a cat." You are too young for Princes Lilla," her father lied, he just simply couldn't find a Prince that hadn't heard of her as her reputation had spread far and. Girls go for athletes because there's not many measures of success in high school. But did they have to wait until their star basketball player almost put me in the hospital to yank me from the game! Hell, some of Reggie's friends stepped up to reel him in before the adults cried Uncle on my beat-down.I wouldn't have traded Bailey for relief from Reggie's hazing, nor would I give her up if it meant him stopping. Something was going to have to give though!It didn't help that some male part of me. Look at me! I'm still shaking just remembering it though I LOVE the idea of meeting an E.T. How could you miss it? Even when it came low, I couldn't see past the bright blue light or flame. Just before I lost sight of it, the pole transformers started arcing and sparking and street lights went out. I couldn't decide if this were just a movie set or a real incident. My hands shook so much that when I decided to call, I could barely press 911. I felt like some idiot kook trying to sound rational. ”Kim couldn’t argue my point, even though she wanted to, if only to prod me a bit about manipulating events like I had done before. I didn’t let her get to me. I just sat and drank my tea and talked about whom I thought should deliver the goods. Kim immediately volunteered to be the lead.I let Burton head back to his settlement to spend the day catching up with his people while Dunbar and I headed south to visit Gogra. I wanted to chat with him for a bit, and I wanted to go hunting. Gloria.