The heat was building and it was time to take a dip in the lake. I took off my ASU t-shirt and jumped into the lake. Rhonda removed her beach jacket r...vealing a very conservative, black one piece suit. We cooled off in the water and decided meet back here the day after tomorrow. I told her that I would bring another chair and refreshments. She would bring some sandwiches. I told her, same time and same place on Wednesday. Wednesday arrived and we met at our spot on the lake. It was another. Rosanna was hers now and she would not give her up without a fight. She knew that Rosanna found her sexually attractive, but Rosanna had never told her she loved her. Of course, Matilda had not uttered those words either. There was definitely a power struggle going on between them. Matilda had fought long and hard to gain what power and control she felt she now possessed and Rosanna was a part of that never-ending quest. Matilda did not harbor any ill-will towards Solace, but she believed that. Titus examined himself, and realized that, somehow, he'd become the girl he'd chosen."Wait a minute! This is wrong! This isn't what I wanted! Change me back!" His voice had become outright shrill. The angel began to fade. "You have chosen your reward, and it has been bestowed to you. Farewell, mortal." It vanished entirely, and the alley darkened to normal. As the snow fell, Titus began to feel the cold. This minidress wasn't covering even as much as his old coat had. Worse, he didn't seem to. Guilt is the other monster that lives indark places, guilt that you are alive and Allen is dead." The wizardsaid nothing for most of a minute and Theodora tried desperately not tothink at all. "You even feel guilty that your son is alive when yourhusband is dead and buried."Tears rolled down Theodora's cheek. What sort of place was this? Whatsort of man knew so much about her? What was he going to do to her? Washe the devil? An angel?"No," said the wizard. "Though I may be an agent of a higher.