Might have been electrical but, like I said, I wasn't sure and it didn't hurt like electrical. And then that laugh! I was positive about hearing that ...augh. Perhaps not? I thought I heard it when that shock hit me. Although when I thought about it, it was more of a cackle than a laugh.I looked at the fairy slightly confused. She smiled at me. How odd to see a doll smiling. Even more odd that the doll can talk and claims to be a boy."The purse! That black bag? She got most of us in the same. I don't want us messing up someone's life.I don't want to do that, either, especially someone I like.Good. Now, since there is a good chance that we will soon be acquiring a guitar, I want to read a book on how to play one.I thought you said that you should be able to figure it out from all your experience with stringed instruments.That's true, but a book would be a big shortcut, and I want to learn more about this place's musical notation.Well, we could try the library, if Mom will let me go.. I was not sure if the guests would eat.“Who are the guests?” Andy asked.“Anton Pavlenko and his guards make sure everyone stays close lipped about operations and keep all conversations to a social nature,” I said.“You like playing with fire, is all I can say,” Andy replied.Anton’s car followed us in the front gate. I could smell and see smoke from the grill when I stepped out of the SUV.“I get home in time to have a cold beer before supper. I am glad you could join me; we have Budweiser and. "I don't understand Arnold"Again he smiled,"It's a cottage on the south coast, I bought it to live in last year, but I've never even spent one night in it, I'd like you to have it, it's got a huge rear garden, ideal for a budding market gardener and it overlooks the sea at the front"Another pause for breath, he really was struggling,"You may have noticed they are the deeds to it, made out in two names, yours Polly and yours Thomas, all legally signed and witnessed, etc, etc, it's yours with no.