Spinning colored balls of light gyrated maniacally overhead, cutting beams sharply through the fake fog, but not really illuminating anything. It was ...ard to see in here.I walked around the crowd looking for Kim's friends, whom I saw no sign of. I figured they must all be sitting at a table in the back, which was right about when I spotted them.Not Kim's friends, no. It was Kim that I spotted, dancing waaaay too suggestively with a man I had never seen before in my life. The man was a few. Another stroke, then another! Each one brought a scream of painfrom me. She stopped and looked at me. Then said....."We agreed that tomorrow morning we would be your slaves once again,but today you are ours! So get used to the idea. If you are good, wemay feed you."Thinking fast, I decided that I didn't want that damned whip goingagain so I agreed with her. "OK, OK!" I said. "Have your fun, andtomorrow I'll repay you in spades!" That's sort of what we were looking forward to. But you must. . what? What did you say?" I said I hear there's a girl staying down at that taxidermist's place, that friend you got, that freak with the crippled arm. I hear he's got a strange girl come to live with him and his teacher wife. I hear that you've been going down there a lot. What's up? You gettin' a little honey on yer stinger?"Graydon sat, staring, disbelieving. His mother looked down into her plate. Graydon set his fork down and moved his plate away. Words, any response, failed him. What. C'est cette derni?re qui nous annon?a, en avril, la nouvelle la plusimportante de l'ann?e: elle ?tait enceinte de deux mois! Elle etS?bastien seraient parents au mois de novembre. Tout le monde sauta dejoie. ?Tu vas ?tre tonton! dis-je ? Hugo.- Et tu vas ?tre tata, r?pondit-il.- Tata Margaux, tata Jessica, tonton Hugo, tata Maya et... B?b?-Choupinette? Elle sera tata aussi? Demandai-je.- Je ne sais pas... Avec un vrai b?b?, peut-?tre qu'elle devras'effacer... R?pondit-il.- C'est comme tu.