I began to cry again and headed for the bath.I soaked in the tub even though I was instructed to just shower.When I was done, I put on the powder that...was left thereundoubtedly for my use. As I was now resigned to the fact thatshe was in total control, I began to dress. I noticed the bottleof glue on the table with a note to spread a ring around eachbreast to reinforce the bond, or don't come down.I tried my best to make sure I looked perfect so she wouldn't beupset first thing. When I was sure. On his way out, he seen Gabriel sleeping on the coach so he went over and gave her a kiss on her forehead and whispered to her:“Take care of her while I’m gone and when I don’t come back, please watch over her and never let her forget me.”With that he shed a tear, turned on his heel, and was out the door. He wanted to have the army on the train by eight am, so he had just a couple of hours to get ready. Fortunately, his troops were all well trained and they had been put on alert a few days. It’d take a lot of effort to change it back and I could get into serious trouble. You really just have to take it, Lia.”They looked at each other. He took her hand, put the heavy bundle of money in her palm and closed her fingers around it.“I have to go back,” he said. “Tomorrow?”*The receptionist at the doctor’s surgery transferred her to the city general hospital. Lia sat at the kitchen table, twining the phone cord around her fingers, listening to the scratchy hold music and hoping the line. '... And the President is well pleased with his service, so don't give it a second thought.'The mental laughter this time was long and hearty.Okay, okay, let me back it up a little. See, when Stephanie decided to make her run for the White House, it was clear that as a single woman, she wouldn't stand a chance, but there was no suitable husband material in the picture. She had been so preoccupied with her political ambitions, and immersed so deeply in her link with the G-girls and I that she.