"I'll keep that in mind," Sasha retorted.With his clothing on, Stefania began to help Sasha with his makeup.She gave him instructions as he added each...cosmetic to his face. Sashastruggled to keep from rushing it as Stefania cautioned him againstacting with haste and taking shortcuts.The amount of time it took Sasha to do his makeup was not lost on himand made him frustrated. He stared at Stefania and asked, "How earlydo you have to get up for work?"Stefania responded with the truth."Jesus,". We do not have to follow you into trouble.” Trevor nodded.Betty wailed, “You must stay with your mother!” She looked at me, “If they don’t go, you can’t make me go!” Allen just looked troubled but said nothing.I said, “They may be your children but they’re not your chattels. We will not force them to leave this house. We will protect them and teach them how to be adults.”“They’re my babies!”I said, “Not really. They may be children but they are showing a decent amount of good sense and mature. Kris looked at the clock. Less than 90 minutes until Matt arrived to drive them to the airport. She leaned against the cool tile. What had she been thinking? Less than a week ago what Kris thought was golden opportunity just dropped into her lap. An invitation to make a presentation in front of a national education group in Las Vegas had been offered to her. The offer was for only one teacher to go but she refused. Matt had done just as much as she had, maybe more. Her name was listed first on. They both gave me a hug and kisses sayingwhat a sweet young lady I was. They took turns rinsing me off as thewater was let out. Miss Mary let Gwen carry me to the changing tablewhere they put on some more gloves.This time they did not tie me down! COOL! Miss Mary put the medicine onme real thick and said, "Angel, my darling little girl, this is thelast time for the medicine and diapers. When you wake up in the morningyou won't need them anymore."That made me real happy! They dressed me in.