And she smiled at him,so alive and well."It's nothing," she said then. "Nothing at all."Chapter Four: The Gypsy's CurseI groaned as I woke up to the m...rning. My whole body felt stiff and soreas if I'd just gotten sacked and slammed by the whole football team.Everything was so blurry as I opened my eyes. I must've had a reallyrough time last night. Or something.Gah! What a weird dream. Magic and gypsy witches? Yeah, right.As my vision cleared, I noticed I wasn't in my normal bedroom.. "State your business," they said simultaneously, even though they knew perfectly well what John was doing there."I have an appointment with Ms. Hayes." She is expecting you. Please accompany us."The guards led John down the short hallway to the ornate double doors at the far end, which opened automatically upon their arrival. Swallowing down a nervous lump, John entered the lavishly decorated suite."Ah, John!" called a voice from the upper level. Melinda Hayes strode down the stairs, dressed in. I want outof this relationship. I'm done with your ways.''Rex: ''I'm going to the bathroom, when I get backwe will talk about this.''Mistress Kim: ''Don't bother, I'm leaving.''The bathrooms are down a long narrow hall thatalso leads to the stock room. The only other door down thehall leads to an outdoor seating area for employees. Theseating area is enclosed by a wall, and other than a parkstyle picnic bench there is nothing else there. Rex passesJane in the hall, she is on her way to the. ” “Does that extend to Ann too, Dawn? Do they all dislike her? Dawn raised her head and stared at me, “Are you nuts? Everybody loves Annie and feels sorry for her, kowtowing to that bastard like she does. She doesn't realize what he's like and one of these days he's going to hurt her, but nobody has the guts to tell her. If Chuckie found out, the best you could expect is having your face scarred and then you'd be done in the movie business. It's happened before.” “Let me tell you something,.