Got it, big boy!" she said. I nodded. "Okay, okay," I said. "I'd clearly struck a nerve. I didn't know what to make of it, but at least I had gotten...to her to some extent. I don't know how I felt about that, but I didn't feel like crying; I had to think that that was something. I watched her as she strode out. **** "You're dumping me. I'm hearing you right? You're dumping me?" said Lester. "Yes, that's about the size of it," said Lily. "Oh, don't feel too bad; we had a run. But, I have. One day itell you that I have a surprise for you. You are very excited. i takeyou to a motel room and have you close your eyes. The next thing youfeel is a needle in your arm. You immediately pass out for a long time.When you awake, you feel groggy and cannot move. You open your eyes andas you look around, you realize that you are in a hospital room or aclinic. You see that you are wearing a loose fitting hospital gown. Asyou try to move your arms, you realize that you are tied to the bed.I. I guess everyone wanted to see and hear what my position on the impending fiasco was.“The last few days have been busy, filled with earth shattering changes that are just beginning,” then I changed the subject.“What’s the latest on Harrisburg? It looks to me like they have possibly moved all the bikes to the farm. Do you have the 0800 pictures yet?“What have you noticed about there being anything different in the farm pictures in the last few days?” I asked.The conversation about the pictures. “Damn it all,” Audrey said. “That’s how I lost my last body in Vegas.”Stacy and Joanie looked at one another and shook their heads. This trip had gotten way off the rails.The mood was considerably different in the Burke suite. Brooke and Todd said side-by-side on the love seat, Brooke pushing back the hair of her twin with a shaking hand. Neriah simply sat on the nearby bed, incredulous but carefully examining her new boobs under her shirt.“I can’t believe I thought you were an imposter,”.