"So are you telling me Kaija isn't here?"Ben nodded."Then what's with all this... this... ?" She gestured to encompass the whole room, not quite able ...o find the perfect word to describe the romantic quality her once sterile-looking dorm room had taken on."It's for you, Ally," Ben returned simply."But how... ? She let her voice trail off.Ben took Ally by the hand and led her over to her bed, where they sat down on the edge. "Kaija set everything up while we were out for dinner," he explained as. So far, shes smart and has resisted so I don’t know how Foreman and Lomax intend to get her out of the way and I don’t like the possibilities.I had not talked to Janet in several weeks. I wanted all the info I could get before I contacted her. It was late when I called Janet’ office. Her admin told me she was on her way to the airport to meet Mr. Foreman and Mr. Lomax. I immediately started calling her cell phone but just got her voicemail. I hustled up one of my guys and headed for the. "I'm sorry," I said quickly, wondering if I should run back to the bathroom, "I thought you were at a friend's house." She wasn't home, so I came back. I'm not sorry. I haven't seen you this way since we were children." I did not know what to do. My sister stood in the middle of the hallway, so I couldn't get past her. She continued looking at the part of me I wished I had covered with a towel. "It's gotten bigger," she said with a sly smile. This was embarrassing. It became more so when I got. I pulled off my dark bluebootcut jeans, and then whipped my long sleeved graphic t-shirt off overmy head. I was only wearing a plain black bra and a dark purple pair ofpanties now, and I caught a glimpse of myself in the full-length mirror Ikept next to my closet, and a familiar chill came over my body. I lovedwhat was staring back at me. My long black hair, which I had recentlycut after growing it out for over 4 years yet was still long enough toreach the center of my back, had been.