"I think its time you tell Charlie what we've decided," Shirley said, looking at me."Do you want me to leave?" Tammy offered."No, don't go anyplace, T...mmy. It looks like you and I will be doing the dishes," I said, and watched her settle back into her chair."I'll do the dishes," Shirley offered."No, you won't," I said, letting my 'command' voice resurface. "You've been running around all day. Take a break and check your email." Yes, dear," she answered, meekly, fluttering her eyelashes in a. It's kinder in some ways. But I guessthe two of you have a history, so she's toying with you - making youplay her little games. Turning you a little more with every choice youmake. But the game is rigged, sweetie. The dice are loaded and thecards are marked. You do know that?" What is it you want?" The same thing I think you used to want. To win. Do you still wantit?"I nodded. She learned in close and whispered something that I couldn'tquite hear. As I began to feel the tingle I suddenly knew. " I see. Is she elderly?" She isn't elderly, but she hasn't been very active for some years now, and she thinks a change of scenery might help her to be happier. She had a little bit of a drinking problem, but she seems to be handling that fine right now."Drinking problem? Well, I suppose most families have someone that overindulges at times. I know that's true in my own family. Jerry didn't say anything specific about the sleeping accommodations, or where you'll be staying. Are you sure there. "These will make your cheeks a little plumper."I saw they were mirror-images of each other. She painted each of themwith adhesive and stuck them on my cheeks. Before I had a thin faceon a fat body; now they were beginning to match.Sharon was painting adhesive onto a longer strip of fleshy plastic,which at first sight looked a little like a skinny banana."This piece is designed to make your chin rounder, more feminine, anda little... er..." Fatter?" ...plumper," she said, "to fit with your.