I smiled, still staring at the spot they had been, feeling the warm air against my naked arms, the gentle movement of the air making the skirt of my l...ght dress move almost imperceptibly against my legs. I was in love. Not with anyone but with life itself, with nature. I could not stand in a place like this and not feel it, not be a part of it. I looked up suddenly! What was that? A sound, like gentle laughter. I looked around. Nothing. Hmm... I must have imagined it, I supposed. With the. He was rather shocked when Kirin stepped in front of him and made him halt. “Sorry Lord Day, but I can’t let you harm Lady Dee.”“Get the fuck out of my way, you oaf. You work for me, you idiot, and I want that bitch in chains,” Kerr roared.“Regretfully for you that isn’t going to happen. We were hired to protect Lady Dee, not you. Lord Dee hired us before you had your friend Lord Jay kill him. I don’t know why Lady Dee acted as if you had some hold on her, but I’m very certain that any hold you. ’ ‘I beg to differ.’ ‘Two minutes until show time,’ a garbled voice said over the loud speaker. She stood up, her hand still clasped in his. It was now dawning on her that she would be without him for the next ten weeks. No letters, no phone calls, no video chats. No contact of any kind. She was going to feel hollow without him. ‘I’m going to miss you,’ she said, nervously biting her lip. ‘I am too,’ he said, bringing a hand to her face. He stroked her cheek gently, and she closed her eyes. But the real culprit is probably ourpersonalities. I'm so feminine, and you're so masculine. Max, I'm getting tired of this. I wish men and women didn't have so many differences."Suddenly, pink smoke swirled from the ring Sammie had purchased. Max and Sammie just stared, mouths and eyes agape, as a gentleman stood before them. He was dressed in a silly-looking sequined pink ladies' outfit with wings that must have been designed for one of the Sugar Plum Fairies from Tchaikovsky's.