Everyone there was terrific,sweet, supportive and friendly. The wonderful (and adorable - she lookedso much like my sister and had the same body - it ...as as if my sister hadreturned to help me reveal myself) makeup consultant spent over an hour(it was only a 45 minute makeover) making sure that not only did I lookbeautiful, but she showed me everything, taught me (just like my sisterdid) how to apply my own makeup, and gave lots of tips, which alwaysassuring me that I was beautiful and that. Maria slept fitfully and noticed the next morning that Kyle had not returned. She wondered what his idea could be, but reality came knocking and so she showered and dressed for work.The house was empty when Maria got home from work. She grabbed a bite to eat as Kyle no longer ate with her, showered and changed into her “work” outfit of bra and thong and waited for Kyle to call and say there was a customer on the way. But the phone did not ring and she wondered what idea Kyle had come up with to. I knew about the kill on the first night, the frenzy kill, which is a major shitty situation. Dies and kills the same night? Definitely put a scar on him. Then the Viktor and Tony thing, then the Lucas thing, and then the spider monster thing, yeah, all crazy fucking shit, right? But this time it’s people, humans, and killing humans changes you, hunter or otherwise.”He sighed, nodded, and hugged her a little closer. Killing Kindred was horrible, but at the same time, understandable. They were. There was a continued mutual avoidance still going on between Mom and me. Whether she took the time to contemplate the things going on with our relationship, I had no clue. I didn’t think she would as it didn’t seem to be in her nature from my point view. How this was going to play out was going to be interesting.Waking up on the 29th for the first day of school, I got into the same workout schedule that I had last year.Getting to school, I ended up walking into homeroom about 10 minutes early..