” Master took her by the hand, kissed her tenderly, and walked her out to the bar once again, with Mai-Lin holding her other hand and congratulating...her. Lynn lay on the operating table, took a deep breath, and felt the five IV needles find their spot. The fluids began to run, and almost immediately, she felt a strange, warm feeling all over her body. She could see the skin changes take place in real- time as she lay there. Mai-Lin held her hand and spoke to her softly, assuring Lynn of her. Not excessively large, but fit her body very well. Well Bonnie was impressed and the two of them headed out to spend money. At the stores Sharon purchased about $1500 dollars in clothes and jewelry which made my wife a little jealous. Sharon was buying items that were sexy and revealing....stuff that many would consider out of her age range (43). Well at lunch Bonnie asked her whats with the twenty something clothes. Well they had already consumed a few glasses of wine and Sharon told Bonnie. Under the circumstances, we decided to return to Albany right away to store the Water of Life. It was simply too valuable to take a chance with it. We should be able to make the trip to Albany in one day; at least, that was our intention.No selling was necessary to convince everybody of the importance of our load, so we had no trouble with griping or slacking off when we started on the trek back to Albany. Uh-oh, we had finally woken up the sleeping giant. The scouts found that we were being. She may have been aplant in Octa Genomics, but she was also a person who had to live herlife. She wouldn't 'slum it' just to play a part, especially one thatcould take years. She'd take the risk.Kristina put her keys in the dish on the small table in the foyer andwalked past the stairs and the formal front room down the hall toward thekitchen and family room beyond. As she came into the kitchen, Rowan rosefrom the couch in the family room, muting the TV as she did."Hey, ehem..." she said,.