. and I would be your wicked step-mother, wouldn’t I? In that case I shall take my slipper to you, and make you sleep on the floor in the kitchen li...e Cinderella if you are rude to me, so watch it.”“Ah, maybe I’ll have a Fairy God-mother to help me and a charming Prince to sweep me off me off my feet,” retorted Sharifa and both girls laughed.When their laughter subsided Nicola spoke again. “You mentioned bodyguards. Is Bahir going too?”“Of course, life wouldn’t be the same without him.”“Well,. He looked queer, and still he did not do anything to me for some time.’“When I was in bed I used to lay and cry, he’d say, ‘What are you crying about woman?’ but I never told. After that one night he took my hand, put it on his thing and said, ‘Feel that lass.’ Then he felt all round me you know’, said Mrs. P. laughing, ‘and he had never done that before, — and with no more ado he got atop and said, ‘Not don’t be a fool’, and then he did it, — and that’s all”, said Mrs. Pender describing her. "Suddenly Justin's world began to spin. Then it went black.*****The first thing Justin noticed was the loud explosions filling his ears. People were running all about and some were screaming."Where the hell am I?" Justin asked. He was in some valley with mountains in the distance. Much closer was a village that was set on fire.A woman appeared next to him. She was speaking some unknown language but Justin somehow understood stood it. Then a gunshot rang out and the woman crumpled to the. While they are talking it is leaving Simon and I alone with Ciera. Ciera is a nice girl. She turned sixteen this year too and had been peppering me with questions about the party and if I feel any different being an ‘adult.’ She seems to know that Simon and I are closer than we should be and doesn’t mind if we hold hands or snuggle on the couch. I like her. She left the room once and came back to see us kissing and asked if she should leave again. We all laughed. She told me later that she was.