Mary snuggled up to me, a reminder of the what my betrayal of the world bought me. It was all my fault that the planet suffered. Sometimes the guilt p...essed down on me. If I hadn't killed Lilith, none of this would have happened. But I just couldn't let Mary die. I was too selfish, too much of a coward to face life without her. I knew, deep down inside me, if I had to make that same choice again, I would. Even knowing just how terrible the consequences would be.Despite my guilt, exhausted sleep. "Since it's the only option anyway." So we try to find out who they're going after on the first day, right?" Heather asked. "And then on the second we try to stop them?" That's the plan. Whether it will work or not I have no idea." But I... I tried to... um, you know... right here in school," Cassie said sheepishly."Yeah, you did," Richie said darkly."Richie!" Melinda hissed."Look, we'll just have to play it by ear, everyone," Jason said, sounding slightly exasperated. "Yeah, we're probably. ’ She snorted and said that didn’t sound very enthusiastic. ‘How much do you want?’ God he was being promoted to male prostitute, er gigolo. ‘Two hundred a session.’ ‘One fifty.’ ‘Okay.’ She snorted and said how could he discount if thinking he was worth $200. ‘Actually $200 is just a token payment. I feel I’m worth more than that.’ ‘Ithink so too,’ she laughed. ‘Well let’s settle for two hundred a session.’ ‘You bastard,’ she said, having taught Fletch not to discount. ‘All right, agreed. I. A junior and a medium, and this ‘special’.“What’s so special about it then?”“Well darling, that’s for you to find out! No, this one is made of local willow, that’s why it’s a bit darker than these school-type rattans.”“Quite the expert aren’t you?”“Hey, don’t be so cheeky! I’m only telling you what the giant chap in the shop told me.”“Mmmm I see. So are you going to do your giant impersonation for me?”“I’ll say! Bend over darling!”He took all his clothes off so he could resemble the chalk.