It was Kathy! I felt a chill, as I was sure she was going to confront me about Mark. Freezing like a deer in the headlights, I watched Kathy as she ap...roached me. “Hey. You’re Suzy, right?” she asked nonchalantly. “The radio contest winner?” “Yeah. Look, I’m sorry about… I mean… I wasn’t sure if…” I said, stumbling over my words. “Don’t worry about it.” Kathy said with a weary smile. “It’s what chicks do.” Not knowing what to say, I studied my toes as I gently splashed them about in the pool.. The tlght braceletes around her wrists matched and also shone with, in all appearence, their own light.Kristen looked away and choked on a sigh. She felt but resisted an urge to feel the common, leather, petstore collar she wore around her neck or look down at the cheap black dress she had purchased from a clearance rack at the store where she worked between classes.Kristen looked instead to the sofa in front of the fire place where Master held a short glass of ice bathed in scotch. He sat. The last entry was for today's date. Under that listing were six names. I would have to check the cops' computer to see if those were the six hoods that attacked us tonight. If they were, I had all of the proof that I needed. I had no intention of waiting on the long and tedious arm of the law to deal with these people, I planned to deal with them myself. Now that I knew who they were, their days were numbered!Before I shut the computer down, I fired off a memo to my office ordering a fix to. May greeted him with a twinkle in her eye with a pointed comment about his improved appearance. All around him in the office seemed more upbeat and positive than he had remembered for a while.He had a pile of work on his desk and two meetings that required his presence before noon so he dug in with renewed vigor and was soon lost in the demands of the day.Mays voice interrupted Early's concentration "Early, Susan is on the phone and it sounds important."The urgency of Mays comment jerked Early.