I wantto go home and forget this whole month ever happened." I felt tearswelling up as the words came out, and mom reached for my hand.Principal Leary... apparently alarmed by the officer's words, interjectedquickly. "I think there is no need for ANY extreme reactions to today,for what was fundamentally a mistake on ALL of our parts." He made sureto emphasize his deflections to other parties besides the school."Lucas - you can change in the unisex bathroom if you want, for howeverlong in the. I tried to stifle my moans, but at one point I was pretty sure that if Lily was in any part of the apartment other than her room, she’d hear me. It took a few minutes to recover.I came out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel and with a towel wrapped around my head.“Feel better now?” Lily asked. She didn’t quite snicker.“Um ... Yes.”“Well, lie down and let’s put some of this cream on your stretched out tummy. I’d like to say hi to the little baby inside. Have you decided what to name her?”“Not. It was a sight to see indeed, here deep in the heart of the Sharirteke Mountains, and at the very center of the Gray Cat Monastery. Surrounded by cauldrons glowing with the fire of mountains was the truly ancient statue of Shari-Iee, the Gray Cat. Alegar believed the mystical powers of the Gray Car to be real, as did the priests in their gray robes. A shaft of light exposed a beautiful Saresii sitting there before the statue in a cross-legged fashion. Everyone in the cavernous hall believed. She had mentioned that herdaughter from Los Angeles had phoned and it was when she said thedaughter was going to move to Palm Beach that made her pay attention tothe lady's chatter. The daughter Mary Alexander was currently inAmarillo, Texas where she had just flown a boy by the name of ChristopherReilly home. Her daughter had looked after the child for theThanksgiving weekend. She had flown the boy home as the boy's father andone of the boy's younger twin brother's had been killed in a.