." NO!!" Cassie suddenly screamed.Something in Cassie's mind had snapped, and Nyssa seemed to recoil slightly from it. Cassie started to collapse, but...Jason pulled her back to her feet. In her mind, the terror was passing. "This... th-this is not real..." she murmured, her body shaking with the effort to force out the words. "N-not real... not real!..."And her fear continued to retreat.Cassie was stunned. She had managed to break Nyssa's control. In a few moments she would have done anything to. She just grinned and replied "Well, of course I am, you are Daniel aren't you." her smooth voice said as I tried to keep my eyes at her eyes. "Yes." I responded as she turned and left. A little while later I put down the spade and moved across to the house. "Excuse me Julie. I couldn't use your loo could I?" Julie who was in the kitchen nodded and said, "Upstairs on the door on the right." "Thanks." I said, removing my work boots so as not to tread dirt all through the house. I made my way. He said sorry for ringing Christmas Day, but he had to knowif I was interested in taking up the job, as there's a rush on afterChristmas and he needs me to help."Mummy ran over to Daddy and hugged him hard. Michael, not wanting to beleft out, also went over to her parents for a lovely cuddle."Oh, Sarah, this is a Happy Christmas." Mummy?" Yes, sweetie." Why do you and Daddy keep calling me Sarah, when my name's Michael?"Everyone went quiet. Mummy looked puzzled and Daddy looked at. ” I replied. “Aw. Thank You. You’re so sweet.” Victoria said as she brushed her hair out of her face. She then looks at me and notices something on my shirt. “Oh, you have something on your shirt sleeve. Here, let me get it,” Victoria said as she wiped off whatever was on my sleeve. I noticed Victoria was taking her time taking her hand off of my arm.I think she was checking out my muscles. I don’t have overly big muscles, but I do have some muscles. Victoria had noticed that I had caught.