{br}Every single person, including myself, was listening closely to the voice of an angel. She finished, smiled and curtseyed to a standing ovation.I ...ame up beside her as she appeared breathless for a split second.“Thank you all very much. If you want to hear two more hours of this kind of music come over to the Target Center tonight or tomorrow. Goodbye, for now.”I gathered my troupe, and with Jenn on one arm and Tracy on the other we left, with the guys applauding and slapping me on the. I wanted to grab that huge door handle to open the damn thing myself. When it finally swung open, I leapt onto the jetway and sprinted up to the terminal. There was a sea of faces at the other end, but I did not see the face I had been waiting so impatiently for. I pushed my way through the crowd. Nothing. I walked quickly around the chairs at the gate. I looked up and down the crowded walkway. Nothing. Was he at another gate? I ran up to the nearest agent. ‘Are there any other flights. For her part, Rhonda’s behavior was all they could have hoped for. She was pleasant and cooperative, insisting on helping with dinner, both the preparation and the cleaning up. She wasn’t consciously trolling for praise, but since her sixteenth birthday, she knew she was at the top of the list to be placed in a foster home, and she didn’t want to do anything that might hasten that decision — that is, unless she could somehow convince Eric and Andrea to do for her what they were doing for. .. and go and stand over there."She quickly scanned down the column of tick boxes and smiled to see what her husband had revealed as being his preferences. The short experience that she had so far gained from working at the clinic told her it really didn't matter what the client had actually asked for, they seemed to react far better to being surprised."I am Mistress Desiree and this is Mistress Sonia," she said indicating toward her mother. "It doesn't really matter who we are because I'm not.