“What? Me? Us? We were just getting ready to order a pizza for dinner.” I said, voicing the first thing that came to mind.“Whatever.” Tasha sa...d, rolling her eyes.Kim came down the stairs, looking mostly normal in shorts and a tee. “Hi, Tasha” Kim greeted.“Hi.” Tasha returned and then looked at me. “So, what’s the plan?”“I told you, pizza” I answered“You should be a blonde.” Tasha said shaking her head again. “Not dinner. The Russians? Rachel? Dead body? Any of this ring a bell? Kim, I swear,. I recognized her but couldn’t place her name. Samuel led his entourage over to where Kev and I were sitting, “Hey, man,” his smile was a mile wide, “you know my friend, Jonah, I presume?” Jonah extended his arm and we shook hands.“We met, once, in Reno, then talked several times,” I felt like I knew him closely with all the one-way conversations over his virtual reality glasses.“Glad to meet you… in a little different atmosphere,” he smiled, introducing the woman beside him, “This is Ashanti…. She made space for me to sit beside her.She was staring at ceiling deep in though while I looked at her beautiful face.“When will dad be coming back?”“In a week I guess.”“Do you think I can walk by then?”“I think so, if you rest well and don’t go on adventures.”“I don’t want to be stuck to this bed when he comes.”“you will, now stop worrying and sleep.”Over the next 2 days I caught her trying to move on her own to the bathroom, Dad and mom were supposed to come today and Claire was anxious she. Feeling was still coming back to them and they tingled, as if asleep. "I will not try to run, yet," she said. "I know you'll just use your magic upon me again, if I do."He nodded slowly. "What is your name?" he asked."Wendy, if it matters," she replied."Of course it matters," said the man. "I would know the woman who will next give herself to me."Wendy shook her head, causing her oily mane to fly about. "You're a fool if you think your somewhat attractive face will warrant such change of.