"What do you say we work on one of your battling abilities now?" He asked."Yeah!" I said as I sprung up."Punch me as hard as you can." Said father....Umm... Sorry dad, I don't think I can do that." I said"Just do it." He said.I reached back, and my fist shot through the air. Just as it was about to hit dad, he disappeared, and reappeared on the side of my fist, grabbing my wrist."Nice power, but that's not going to cut it." He said as he flung me by my arm, face first into the dirt."Ow!" . .." I stammered. Soapy bath water splashed everywhere as Veronica's hand shot from under the water giving me the 'stop' sign with her palm. "I don't want to hear it." she hissed, "Save your fucking lame ass excuses for someone else Howdy! Just get out! Leave me the fuck alone." "N O W G E T O U T!" My head dropped in shame. I stood there emotionally reduced to rubble, completely humiliated. There simply was no defending my actions. Man, I really fucked up this time I mumbled under my breath. I. We were chatting about this and that, waiting for our lift home when, suddenly, two men with stocking masks over their heads burst in and brandished what looked like an air pistol at us. I wanted to giggle, frankly, but I wasn't taking any chances. The manager, Pete, came out of his office and handed over the money without a word, since that was what they were obviously after.Although the money was all they wanted, they nevertheless guided both me and Alice over to a couple of pillars which. Most of my time was spent on the vid and the net, searchingfor ways to get back to Sappho. 'You're obsessed, Debbie. What do youexpect?' I thought to myself. My other pillow was Indira again thatnight, and I slipped into a restless slumber.The next night found me on the net. The weights had made me sore and Ididn't like what I was finding. I was still wealthy. The money I'dallocated for a ticket to Sappho hadn't been used, and there was stillthe sale of the Sappho vids, which I could sell now.