"She sighed, a smile on her lips.Christy held the staff she retrieved from Burke's dead servant. She bent over Chyna and Carla, both concubines clutch...ng each other as they shivered in the melting snow. Christy touched them, then darkness engulfed the trio and they appeared by the vehicle. Kyle had reservations about that staff—it had belonged to the Vicar, one of Burke's minions—but it seemed to be useful. Christy, with Britney and Phillipa's help, hauled the freezing concubines into the. I wore it two weekends ago.My mom had invited a houseful for Thanksgiving dinner, including Leah and the twins. Up until now I hadn’t really thought about the implications of what we were doing. Being with Leah and not being able to kiss her or hold her hand was very confusing and difficult. The person I was most worried about was my mom, then the twins, then my sister. I wasn’t worried about my dad, he would probably want to give me a high five. Leah and my mom were best friends. If I. One of them grabbed my arm and punched me in the stomach and said "shameless whore". Then he handcuffed my hands behind my back and started to kick me to the ground. All of us were all caught now. We did not expect any of this and were all shocked and didn't know what to do, or what was going to happen to us. We were so vulnerable. Our clothes, our bags were all deposited in a locker and we couldn't get them now. The girl next to me tried to resist the police and she slapped the police. Rose said louder than she needed, "Especially my husband," and she looked over at me.Rose made her way back into the house, and I followed, trying to keep out of sight.I found Rose in the house, "Where have you been?" I asked her."Just mingling. You?"Then Rose's beau caught my eye. Rose turned around, "Who's that?" she asked. If she had had a piece of butter in her mouth, it wouldn't have melted.I told Rose I didn't know, but he looked familiar."You are right. He does look familiar. Maybe we.