..were they just a tiny bit firmer, less saggy than they had been last night?The skin of her neck was still loose and covered with age-spots, but her ...eeth were now strong and straight, if a bit yellow. The ragged edge of her hair was now clipped neatly, and was the milky white of the cataract in her right eye just a little smaller today?Closing her eyes, she opened herself to the world of the spirit. She saw her power as a deep lake, dark blue in the middle, shading to turquoise at the. " Come on Dirk. Let's go look see." Mike hurried out to his old Blazer. Dirk followed. In seconds they were on their way to Benedict Canyon.Willow watched Mike leave and rejoined Sam and Mark. Sam said, "Mark, you lied. It is not nice to lie to your agent." Well, then stop getting dumb ideas," Mark told him."Well, I told Stanley I liked his concept for Alice to have a twin brother named Argyle. He looked at me like I was crazy. Any way, by the time we figured out you had fabricated the whole. The door burst open and Gloria came in like a galleon in full sail. Gloria was by then the wrong side of too much booze.“Don’t mind me, ladies. That wine is so much horse piss. Gloria needs a proper drink.”She was one of those alcoholics who can function with a vast amount of booze inside her but it was apparent, to me at least, that she was intent on going the extra mile so I suggested to Liz that we slip back to the party. On the empty stairwell she stopped.“Unselfish little thing, aren’t. Maybe we?ll dance; at arespectful distance of course, what the hell is wrong with that?? Waynechuckled.?I?ll need to get dressed and do my makeup, can you wait that long?? Adelesmiled at him, teasing him a little.?Hell if I had back all the time I spent waiting for women to get readyfor a date I?d be three years younger. And if you don?t mind sharing anip of that Jack and a cigarette I?ll gladly wait on the porch while youdo,? he replied.?Help yourself cowboy, but this isn?t a date.? Adele.