If I thought things were strange last time I was here, it was insanity tonight. We saw costumes from the cute to the strange, to everything in between... One guy looked like he had been in a bad accident, with his eyeball hanging on his cheek. I wondered aloud how he did that when Holly reminded me that a lot of professional make-up artists do outside work on this day to show off what they can do.Then walking towards us was something that would have gotten the wearers arrested back home. The guy. I tried to feel my body with my hands but couldn't bring them to touch anything but my soft sides, which I could just manage by bending my elbows. I struggled about in another tantrum but could do no more than bounce my two-foot wide calves on the floor, my thighs never leaving the ground, and my whole body jiggling madly. Again my heart raced, and breathing was laborious beneath the weight of my chest and stomach.I finally settled down as the tingling started to recede, and I was left helpless. He just blew away Kim's fiance, dazzling her with what he could buy for her, the places he could take her, the people he could introduce her to. What impressed her more than anything was the force of his character. She could see his strength in his every movement. And she saw that the most powerful people in the world cowered before him. John Barton always got what he wanted, and Kim loved him for that. The fiance was history, and John Barton and Kim were man and wife.There was just one fly in. ’ ‘Thank you Belinda, your word-power rather lacked at the finish.’ ‘I meant to say beautiful when groomed.’ ‘Ah darling, kiss-kiss. What are pal you are. Since the boss is out to seduce me let’s find the clothes to do the job for him. He may have trouble getting it up after the high life he leads.’ Belinda looked horrified. ‘Oh no, you’ve got it wrong. He’s dropped the partner he was taking tonight — well found someone else for her actually — and he’s taking you instead. It is a white-tie.