" He was startled but didn't want to miss a chance to be aroundher. "... I'd love to." Good. Because I need your permission to do what comes next."...e didn't understand what she meant as Zarrina gestured, both armsmoving. Her hands started to glow and beads of colored light shot fromher fingertips. Teddy's jaw dropped. The air rippled around her. Didshe have magical powers? It was the only explanation he could thinkof. Any doubts he possessed were eliminated when she pointed directlyat. This particular day though Elise wasn't there. A woman named Sandy that I had watched several times said I had a choice of three different girls that day. I asked for Elise and was told she was out of town for a few days. She asked if I wanted to choose my girl. I told that would be great. Sandy held up a finger signalling just one minute. She came back quickly and told me she was sorry but there was only one other girl there because Sunshine, a blonde who had played a few times with me,. Of all the men who came to see her mother, Mr. Jones was the one Patty loathed the most. He was loud and coarse, and she could sense the cruelty lurking behind his beefy features. But more than that, she was frightened by the way he sometimes looked at her, as if he were undressing her with his eyes.Patty leaned forward, gripping the corners of the window- frame until her hands ached, completely incapable of movement. The stunned young girl knew she should run, bide, get away from here. She. We won't... I couldn't," Lindsey sputtered."Honey," Norma replied gently, "I believe in my heart that you and Mark will be together the rest of your lives. I think you are just starting to realize how much you love him, and I know how he loves you. No matter what you think right now, you are going to want to express that love in every way. If it happens, I just don't want grandchildren quite yet."That kind of thinking was still beyond Lindsey's imagination, but she had so much respect for.