Making an even bigger entrance was Princess, in a blue dress I had handed her.“My gosh Isabel,” Joan said, “When did you get so beautiful?”“...orking under Michael, mostly.” she said shocking everyone.My girls went back inside the dressing rooms, except Clarice who was on my arm. We sat down to watch all the girls come out to show off some new clothes of their own. Zoe liked parading around in new clothes, even with her smallish chest.Isabel came out in an opened back red dress that stopped just. . your birthday was yesterday, marked by a Friday at the office that started off normally (being treated like a maggot in the festering corpse of an independent New York law firm) but escalated with weirdly nice, arguably flirtatious treatment from some co-workers... of course, among them was Bill from the supply room, and that was nothing new, but this time even a few of your female co-workers swung by, bringing you coffee and chatting you up. They all used your birthday as the inspiration. The good bye kiss was so smooth, so enrapturing. I thought that was the end, but you know what destiny has made its own plans.She turned her face and was ready to leave. I don’t want her to leave. She’s the best thing that has ever happened to me. My heart raced. My mind stopped oscillating. I held her hand and she turned back, portraying a flabbergasted look on her face. I pulled her in my arms, kissed her , harder this time, trying to seize the moment. She responded well. Very gently, i. I wanted to talk to the AI and I wanted to see if it would respond. I waved good-bye to my mother and her crew and wandered off.I didn't get back to the settlement. As I headed back down the hill from the barn I ran into a small party made up of Gaeta, Kasha, and Mira. From the smiles on their faces I knew what they had to tell me. I just walked up to them without waiting for them to speak and congratulated them. Kasha and Mira were excited. They explained that the spirits had spoken to them.