" Mike?"A pause while he tried to formulate sentences. "I'm going to stay somewhere else. Please don't try to see me." Still another pause. "I'll come...get my things when you're not here."He wiped his eyes and brushed past her and out the door. He saw her in the doorway, heard her calling, "Michael, please don't go. Please! I'm sorry!" as he backed down the driveway. He almost stopped. He had to press on or he couldn't do it.Part 3: The ArgumentWhat did it come down to? There were so many. "Shit, damn, did she hear me moaning Janice's name?" I whisper as I slowly inch my way to the door."Mom, umm, I need to go do some homework," I say, praying she'll let me pass without asking a ton of questions. Once I'm in my bedroom, I hear a faint knock on my door. I take a deep breath, thinking it's mom. But it's not."Janice?" "Yes, Roman, it's me. We really need to have a long chat." Oh, about what?" You know about what, Roman. I know what I saw poking through your jeans, and I get some. Her whole body had changed noticeably, becomingthinner and curvier at the same time. She rushed to the nearest mirrorand saw that she still looked somewhat like herself, but a younger andmore of an idealized version of herself."It worked," Alice gushed in delight, "I'm beautiful..."But then Alice suddenly realized that the monkey figurine was gone. Ithad vanished without a trace, though that didn't really bother her. Shehad already gotten what she had wanted from it."I am going to love showing. "I'll accept that."Patty got into her car, and said, "The only way that Lynette will get over this is to let her prove herself to Kristen." How?"Patty sighed. "I don't know, but right now, Lynette is focused on what happened yesterday. She will never get past that until she forgives herself."I kissed Patty good-bye, and went back into the garage. I looked in on the new bedroom, and saw that the water bed was now full and the worker was gone. I was about to see if I could move Kristen and.