I did some quick math. "That's about thirteen out of every fourteen people," I pointed out. "Thirteen?" Mom asked with a raised eyebrow. "Roughly," I ...aid, shrugging my newly slender shoulders. You probably already know about all of this- unless you've been living on the moon. The chaos caused by the Great Shift- people were already calling it that- was enormous, of course. As well as the to-be-expected identity confusion, there were also car accidents where children or infants had been shifted. Then she found an old bikini top - it was from maybe a year and a half ago - before she’d even really had breasts, but you know how girls have to wear a top, anyway, at least in public pools and stuff. This seemed perfect.She scrambled around trying to find the bottoms, but they were missing in action. She settled on a different one that would be a contrastive “match” - pastel green bottoms, floral print top. She changed into them, and messed around with the too small top.“That’s definitely. ‘I believe that we’ve established that you can understand English when you need to. So let’s try this again…’ he held out the five pellets. ‘DO…YOU…KNOW…WHAT…THESE…ARE? Maria Elena started crying. ‘cocaína…’ she mumbled. ‘Very good. Smart girl. Cocaína. Now, why…did…you…have…COCAÍNA…in…your…pocket? ‘I…don’t know…I just tourist…I no have cocaína…’ The Danubians looked at each other in disgust. It was obvious that Maria Elena was lying. Of course she knew about the cocaine she was carrying. What. “Help me up Frank, your washing should be done” Alice said holding out her arm so I stood up and as I pulled her up we hugged, “Thank you Frank” she said in a soft voice, “She needs this”Alice left the room and I quickly gave Pippa back her panties telling her to put them in her bag, she smiled sweetly at me, “Thank you dad!” she said and we both giggled. I went downstairs where Alice was in the kitchen getting my clothes out the dryer, “All done babe” she said handing me the clothes, “Thank.