She said, “Flattery will get you ... ME!”That caused some relieved, nervous chuckles and snorts of controlled laughter. Being nude definitely didn...��t make this young lady the least bit self-conscious.Bruce and Rex had run over to our moaning ‘would have been’ assassin and was putting cuffs on him. Thankfully, the local cops had everyone sequestered far enough away that almost no one, except us, saw what happened to TJ.The explosion of my ‘baby’ had also served to divert everyone’s attention. Not. I imagined the sound of the bubbles I’d hear later when listening to the recording, as I also took a sip from my glass. ‘I guess mostly the same kinds of challenges involved with winning a really big lottery jackpot. Or having a massive, runaway hit in the Billboard charts.’ He paused thoughtfully. ‘Well, more like winning the lottery,’ he continued. ‘Because the fact that this happened to me is completely coincidental, it has nothing to do with talent. Which is another one of the challenges. "She's fine. Really," said Wendy in a vain attempt at reassurance."She's drugged out of her mind on something," said Laura (not a bad guess actually). "I'm going the police if you don't tell me what you've pumped into her, and I'll — yes, young lady, what's so funny?"Connie had failed to suppress a snigger at Laura's unwittingly apt choice of words. "Nothing, nothing. Sorry," she said hastily.Laura leant over Elspeth to examine her more closely. "I've never seen anything like this," she. Mom was curious and got up , she moved towards him.He turned away and was walking towards the sports room which was bit away from the hall and it was dark till there. He stopped for a bit and looked back. He made sure that mom is following him and kept walking to the sport room. John told me that I have to wait her at backstage till the function is over and he will be right back. I knew what was his plan and I didn’t wanna miss all the action. However ,john was waiting just outside the hall.