His Mom always laughed at herself when she saw Chris in Susan's jeans.And one of the first order of business was to lose some weight and get inshape, ...e just had to get to 114.His dad teased him some about his long hair but it was all good naturedand he loved to brush it and shape it. His low pony tail stayed in hiscollar at his after school job and often at home and he doubted if hisfolks and sister really knew just how long it was. No one noticed becausethe high school geeks he ran with all. ’ Cheriphala finished with a sorrowful look. ‘We must not give ourselves away until The Mistress is captured.’ Treabilla said with absolute certainty. ‘If we talk to someone and things go badly, or if someone recognizes us then we could mess up our one chance to capture The Mistress.’ Treabilla said with a grave look as she thought of letting The Mistress slip by her. ‘No, I say we sit tight and wait for word that The Mistress has been captured before we make our move here!’ Treabilla said and. She was all in gray except for a pink scarf tied loosely around her neck.Pete, who'd dated her briefly after meeting when he visited Steve for lunch one day, said the monochromatic outfits were camouflage, meant to draw the eye to what was above and below instead of noticing the rather unremarkable body in between.Being reminded of Pete made him wince. The day was just one joy after another, he thought.Julie Rivington's visit was not improving his mood, either. She was nattering on about some. " Th...that's f...f...fine. I'll n...need clothes if...if...." Just relax, sweetheart; don't try to force it."Carter took a deep breath and tried again, "I'll need clothes ... if I'mgoing to be his wife."CHAPTER 9"Carter, are you out of your mind?"Carter looked up from her lunch and shook her head. She felt ridiculouswearing her old bathrobe, but that was the only article of her oldclothes that she could possibly use for now."No, Brian, I'm not," she said. Her stuttering had nearly vanished,.