The same thing hadhappened before Santa had turned me into an eight year old girl and startedme over again. When I was a guy in my past life, I never ...sed a school locker or caredwhat people thought when I used my book bag as a purse to carryeverything over my shoulder. Now that I had a beautiful body to show off,it was much more fun to put most of my books in the lockers and get thecute guys who never had lived in my area or knew the truth about me carrymy things to class. After school I put. Between her pregnancy and hand inventory, I knew shecouldn't handle it."Tom said, "Excuse me, how can that be weren't you ladies men when youchecked into that motel?"Donald said, "That witch kind of changes their plumbing with herspell."Tom said, "I don't understand that at all."Donald laughed and said, "I was born and raised here and I don'tunderstand it and just accept it. How long have you lived here?"Tom said, "15 years."Donald said, "No wonder, you have been here just long enough to try. I came to my senses while lying in a bed, later identified as part of the hotel. Helen was sitting beside me, quietly crying, and a much older woman was sewing up my wound. She said, "Ah, now that you are awake, you can have some laudanum for the pain. You are a very lucky young man! The bullet went no farther than to crack two ribs. It dug a tunnel as it ran through your side from back to front. Just a fraction of an inch farther over and you would have a bullet in your lung. There ain't. But Annalisa fits so much better. And it hurts me to think that ... Béla wasn't ... she really wasn't 'The One', you know? Not like Annalisa is." Jake," Frank said quietly. "You weren't really happy with Béla. Face it, man. You brooded all the time – you were absolutely no fun to be around, and you were consumed with really dumb-ass ideas about how to make your relationship with her better. Now that Annalisa's with you, you are actually a little bit more likable." Really?" Tanya quipped.