We ended up standing at one of the Blackjack tables. After a few minutes, they excused themselves and left me there holding on an eighteen. The dealer...went over, and I won a small stack of chips.“Nice win,” came a soft, feminine voice from my right. I turned and felt a stab in my heart. Debbie Martinez was smiling up at me. Her husband was next to her, getting chips for them.“Oh, hey,” I said, “You play blackjack?”“I was a dealer for a while at the Choctaw Casino,” she admitted. “I only did it. I deliberately picked a city where I have not spent much time. The choice of Chicago was arbitrary, as were all other places mentioned in the story. I just needed some place names and chose some out of the Mid-West. The university is not supposed to be any in particular. The reader may assume that Amy and the other characters attend a major university, but it is a fictitious one, located in a western suburb away from the downtown area. My characters’ names also are arbitrary. I was sparing with. More wonders were revealed when she found herself speaking a foreign tongue as if it were her own. She wanted to ask the man if they truly were on Earth and the words just seemed to form themselves in her throat. This was amazing. But what of the other remarkable changes she had heard about – the incredible powers her people were supposed to possess while on Earth? Did they now have such fantastic abilities? Tara had to admit she certainly felt wonderful – lighter and fresher than she had ever. It was now 5 in the morning as we headed up to the room both very excited and nervous for what we where about to do. Once in the room we got comfortable and tried to relax when he was at the door. I let him in and we went into the bathroom to take care of the money part, he tried to hit me up for more but I was already over my limited. We where in the bathroom for a few and Beauty told me the next day she said we were in the so long that we had to be started with out her. As we entered the room.