.female bird. He appeared amongst his troops and ordered a retreat. Many of his men wondered aloud if Benton's voice had been a couple ofoctaves highe.... Rico rode out of the castle as the lithe, muscular man he'd once been.He stopped and glanced back at the place where he'd stayed...and hefought the tears that a good man like Wendton had died. He suddenly heard two voices up ahead in the woods and stopped. Agorgeous woman and a man who looked like her opposite sex twin walked upto him. "Is that. A blonde haired look of fierce determination. A vision who captured my complete attention and never once knew I existed. There were other people there, of course, but I couldn't see them. Not really. Not just then."Hey, Mary Kay, see the guy across the street. He's Josh Evans my ex- business partner. I heard on the street he was moving back to Wilshire Boulevard so I guess the rumors are true."How did he miss seeing her?We were walking back from lunch on one of those 100 degree days that only. This was more nerve wracking than playing poker. At least Chad had given them the easy question he’d promised to kick things off. ‘A fairy tale,’ he blandly answered. ‘A dream come true.’ The bleary look in Chad’s eyes made him realise the banality of his answer. He groaned inwardly. Pull yourself together. Stop talking in clichés. The two deep breaths he took helped, but before he could respond, Chad had turned to the blonde sitting next to him on the couch. ‘And you, Holly?’ the commentator. A couple of minutes went by and I gathered my thoughts together and said to Sam, "Today is the only time you will get to make a first impression on anyone at this school. Be yourself and don't forget I will be right by your side for every class except PE and I already know you can outrun most anyone around."I could see her take a deep breath, visibly relax and square her shoulders. Like the day we met, she had found her spine. I wonder where it had gone during that walk to school, but it seemed.