"Then you could use any of the women that look like her to fool the TV cameras and it's done."Grumman looked a bit uncomfortable."Mr. and Ms. Bates we...e having a misunderstanding, and she can be somewhat strong willed. Mr. Bates has been deleted from the security clearances for the house and has been living in the VIP quarters in town for the last few weeks."He twisted his head to look out the back window. A helicopter was following at low level."Shit!" Grumman seemed deep in thought for a few. He really did not want to have that kind of conversation with others. He was being very hesitant with Nancy, and felt afraid to go very far with her. He hadnt gone beyond kissing a bit with her, but even that felt a little weird. Scott hadnt even really discovered himself yet, so he wasnt ready to start discovering girls. He wasnt embarrassed to kiss Nancy, not even in public, but when she grabbed his ass or tried to put her tongue in his mouth he would get cold feet, and would usually have to. BZZZT. BZZZT. BZZZT.It was Zach, so of course I picked up."Hey man, are you busy?" he slurred, and I could tell he'd been drinkingheavily. Zach was a party animal, but it was still a little too early tobe going that hard, even if it was the night of Halloween."Nope, what's up?"A pause on the other end. "Uh, hello?"Shit. Even though I almost never left my apartment as Jennie, I stillregularly practiced my girl voice just for my own amusement. At somepoint it had become second nature to use it. You know I have a learning disability about spelling—?But Koko didn’t believe in learning disabilities. Grandchild of refugees from Stalin’s purge, she’d worked her ass off, and didn’t have time for excuses. She lifted the Whippy Stick and brought it down across Emmett’s skinny buttocks.Emmett squealed, and Koko was rewarded by the long red streak right across his crack. It was a nice shade of red, and Koko was convinced that she could hit it again, and maybe create a blister. What fun life.