I just found out for sure right now. He's the next step." Do you think he'll want you to get rid of it?" Of course. I've known that all along. Driven,...over-achieving Warren? The Man with the Plan? Of course he's going to want me to get rid of it." Do you want to?" I don't want to be pregnant in the first place." That's not what I asked you." It's not a question of want," Sophia sighed. "At least you got me to stop crying. Now I get to go tell Warren." If Paul's down there, you can send him up,". I can almost hear Janine coaching me: "Glide, glide, glide, rest, stay onyour toes, be light on your feet, let the man lead." She is a constantvoice in the back of my head, my lovely companion teaching me the ways ofsissihood. The voice of Janine is the only voice I trust in this insaneplace.We dance and we look good, but a couple of other couples are alsobeginning to get the hang of it.There is Sam, the fat little pig who sabotaged me. He's a blue. Ha! Everysissy I've ever met is more of man. "But you're blaming me... and then doing the same thing yourself." Yeah! The difference is I'm telling you what I'm going to do... and then I'm going to do it!"With an effort, Virginia pulled herself together before they arrived at the sprawling hotel in Palm Springs, which was hosting the Eko-Klean meeting. She was thankful for her dark sunglasses masking her swollen, red-rimmed eyes. All of her excitement and anticipation over the meeting had fled from her; all that was left was a huge,. “Do not test us male!”“Aello! Ocypete! You will relent. NOW!”Breathing in sharply and looking to their princess with disciplined restraint, Aello nearly hissed back through clenched teeth to answer back. “My princess. This animal dared to strike one of your personal guards! He should be executed. BOTH of them!”“The HELL is wrong with you?!” Yelled Dinah, checking her husband over and making sure he was awake just in case of a concussion. “All he did was try to introduce himself and you nearly.