"Welcome," Kronk responded, and then left the room, closing the door securely behind him.As Christi was wearing loose clothing with easily accessible ...ies — or horrible, ugly sacks, as she called them — undressing her for the bath took only a few seconds. Far from finding her unattractive, as the Duchess so often expressed feeling in her letters, Ari could barely contain her desire for the dark-haired beauty. Christi only looked all the more delicious with the glow of motherhood about her.The. Sometimes it stays,sometime it disappears, sometimes it switches, sometimes freezes. Butwhatever happens, it's permanent. At last, he said so.But every time she looks at the rain, she remembers all these times whenshe was changing. And sometimes she wonders if it was hot water thanturned her into a boy, then maybe it'd be a cold water that turn her intoa boy now. With all these thoughs in her head, she enters the rain.But nothing happens.When she realizes that she's still a girl , she starts. He said, "I hate to spring this on the beings below without some sort of warning, it just doesn't seem sporting if a big storm is a total surprise. I usually cast a warning by billowing up some menacing clouds, but many of the beings affected are just too dumb or arrogant to pay attention. Oh, well, I tried."Precisely at 1:37 PM, clouds started to form in the affected area, and they were truly a menacing sight by 2:06. At 2:07, the first strong breeze could be felt at ground level. This built. His dream of a simple life was definitely not her dream of a perfect life, but he was filthy rich and she just couldn't bring herself to leave his checkbook.The worst part of living out in the middle of nowhere was that he expected her to work. They had purchased a small country store and a cabin rental business which he expected her to run while he fulfilled his dreams of living the mountain man life.The last six months had been filled with many a boring day sitting in the store with nothing.