And the little line "sex:female" was like a nail in my coffin. Next, I unlocked my phone, only toget a new shock. The group shot with friends that I h...d set as backgroundhad changed. All my friends remained the same, but my likeness waschanged. I was a girl there too. Every other picture on my phone alteredin the same way.The drive home was a quiet one.We both shocked about what had transpired.All our lives, we had play pretended witches were real.But had we really believed in it? No.It was. She was about to call him as much, but he spoke first. ‘Not that I think you can’t take care of yourself, as your knife work showed. I just figured I could kill him faster.’ He seemed thoughtful for a moment, and nodded to himself. Now she was really confused. He seemed a perfect gentleman. She didn’t think it was possible in this day and age, especially in this hell hole. There was something about him, something mysterious. She liked mystery. She reached into her coat pocket, and drew out a. He gave her a polite Polish hand-kiss and showed the way."Petra, please show her the bathroom. Penelopa for sure likes to refresh after her long trip."Peter prepared everything: enough towels, big and small in bathroom, good food at the table.Peter heard the girls giggle under the shower, when he added bottles of white wine and water.Peter had discretely retired to the guest room, long before the girls were finally finished.Penelope likes good foodPetra pointed to the food at the low table in. The abrupt change caught Howard by surprise for a moment."Ma'am?" he asked before he caught the shift. "I'm studying engineering. I had enough of blowing things up while I was in Afghanistan. I want to learn to build new things instead of destroying old things." Very worthwhile, Sgt. Howard," Allyson said. "Do you take any criminal justice courses?" Uh, no, Ma'am," Howard said. "I'm only in my first semester. I served seven years in the Marines. Right now, I'm taking mostly general.