Don't you dare walk away from this to protect me. Don't you dare." I..." I tried again."And another thing," she bore on relentlessly. "Think about thi.... We're dealing with something here that can change reality, can change minds and memories. How do I know this is even real? Maybe this whole thing is a fantasy created by my keepers; maybe I'll wake up in the next instant and find myself back in that cave about to be turned into another sex toy, be paraded in front of an audience and told who. I went down to the Situation Room and looked around it approvingly. Through most of 2002 and into 2003 the room had undergone a massive overhaul, and now actually looked like something from the 21st century. Josh Bolten, on the other hand, had not been happy at all, since the room is directly under his, and the vibrations had been so bad that coffee cups would move around on his desk. I let him cut the ribbon when they reopened it, and made sure he got a picture, which only slightly mollified. "Delicious," she said. "It makes you look so very, very feminine. Youknow, Lisa, when I look at you, for the first time I no longer see aboy doing his best to look like a girl. I see a girl. Is it just thecolor of the dress? Maybe it's just a coincidence, but you seem to bebehaving and moving differently, as if you've finally taken to heartall the lessons I've been giving you. You're actually very pretty,Lisa."I blushed and curtseyed. "Thank you, Ma'am." Governess normally wasquite sparing in. ’ I felt sure that Steve would ask Bob. They were pretty good friends and liked to do things together, golfing, sports, stuff like that. You know, guy’s stuff. Now I was wishing that the four of us had done more together, but maybe this would be the start of a closer friendship. Well not that close. Gag me! The lake was huge, the wind fanned small ripples of waves over the surface. A few powerboats zoomed around with skiers behind them. The camping area was large enough that the tents were not.
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