Sissy stared down at her heaving breasts and tears came to her eyes as she conceded that despite the difficulty breathing, the corset was the only sol...tion to her new extreme and fragile shape. She gazed at the mirror and sobbed."I look like a wasp but the corset is not even tight around my waist. It's around my lower ribs that it feels tight. And these stiffeners up my back, they make it impossible to bend" "What would you bend for darling?" smiled Wendy sympathetically, "you can't reach. Apparently Vertwil had informed him of my efforts.I told him what and where I was, and he nodded. He then cautioned me."Just remember. The higher the level you go to, the more dangerous it is if you get a bad reaction. Spells will backfire on you, if you put them together wrong," Vostich advised as he left.Finally, Mariel and I were alone again. The servants had tried vainly to keep up with the impromptu gathering, but the place would still need some time, before it was put back into a. Judy and Diane have to do some Motherand Daughter things, but we will see them tomorrow, I am sure.I want to have you all to myself this afternoon and evening. With youlooking so divine, I think I will take you somewhere you will like andbuy you a present to celebrate your first Perm. Would you like that,Wendy darling?" Oh, yes, Mother dear!"After I had paid the bill and tipped Max very nicely, I was proud towalk out of the Salon with my daughter on my arm. The first breezeoutside did nothing. ..I loved every minute of it. Joshua looked as though he were about to say something more, when suddenly he froze. He pulled a small hand mirror out of his pocket and stared at for a minute, his expression turning more and more grim with every second. Finally he put it back into his pocket with an angry expression. "I'm afraid that I must be going," he told me in a clipped tone. "Our homeless friend cursed a child this morning, and I just learned of a man who used a lust potion on his.