. I had m-my annual a-appraisal today.”Her eyes were shining with excitement and joy.“And?”“I got an ‘Outstanding’!”“Oh, Grace! My pre...ious! Well done! It was deserved though, my darling.”He swung her round kissing her at the same time. At last he put her down and she looked up at him, her eyes shining brilliantly.“I told you you were a breath of fresh air after your predecessor. I’m so thrilled and so proud of you.”Her face went back into his chest and he held her to himself gently stroking. Playing with the material that Einstein and Cathy had given me I was able to spin a pretty good yarn, and though I was watching the doctor's eyes, I could see Mike and Ann nodding at every piece of information I presented that they could verify. I went through the family structure, my birth date, the teasing at school... all trivial stuff but something that only I could know. I was starting to feel like a bit of a con artist, and could see how with a bit of information you could fool a whole. . so keep up the good work being Donnie's pretty littlegirl, and when I'm done with you later, I'm pretty sure a peck here andthere will be long forgotten."It really didn't take that long until finally he was back in the limonow, except this time it was packed as he was joined by everyone in thedais and their dates as he sat with his best buddy. There really wasn'tmuch choice but to sit with Donnie's arm around him as it was tightlypacked and he sat zoning out as the girls were loudly. He removedthe ugly shoes and removes my socks also. Then he dressed my feet with apair of nylon hosiery, first the left foot, than the right foot. Then hesurprised me by fitting me with both shoes and taking my hand to help meup. The salesman asked me to walk around. He said, "Don't look in the mirror yet, just move about and feel theshoes and your stride." After a while he came back to me and asked, "So, how do they feel?" I told him wonderful.Then he said, "Now go look in the mirror and look.