"Mom!"She came in, and grabbed a hair tie out of a drawer to hold back my hair.I lay on the marble floor, pressing my forehead against the cold marble... It felt so good."Come on honey," she helped me up.Peter came in, and helped me get up, and under the covers."I'll see if I can also get some Pepto," she said, grinning and handing me a trash can."Thanks so much mom," I called after her.Peter sat on the edge of my bed."What?" I asked. I hated when he gave me that look. The same look that Mom and. Our fathers were both industrial magnates in their own right and in competition with each other, but the greatest of friends. All our lives our parents had talked about what would happen to the two companies when Nora and I got married and they were combined. As far as Nora and I were concerned there was only one problem with that plan, We couldn’t abide each other. You know some children never do get on that well with their siblings, well, although we weren’t related, that was how Nora and I. You saved my life.’ ‘Visiting hours are over. I’m lucky I made it up here. What about…?’ I turned to indicate her company in the chair, snoring. She screwed up her face and rolled her eyes. ‘She didn’t find me.’ ‘What happened, anyway?’ ‘I’m kind of a klutz. It was just, suddenly, like, whooo.’ ‘Suddenly, like, whooo?’ ‘I didn’t realize it was icy. Until whooo.’ ‘Whooo, you’re lucky.’ ‘Yeah.’ Staring into her eyes, I marveled that they were both blue and green, like intricate jewels. Her. Finally,she got the reaction she wanted. Mary got off the chairand got down on her knees beside it. Jasmine took thetime to close and lock the door and then walking overand sitting down in Mary’s chair.“First, we have to get the rules straight,” Jasminespoke. “You will never speak to me unless I give youpermission.“Jess, this is ridi…” Mary started to say as she felta slap to her face.“You will serve me in whatever way I desire withoutquestion..