" Oh good," she said with enthusiasm. Something in the back of my mindtold me that she did my hair and makeovers exclusively. "Get in thesaddle and we...ll start."I hung up my purse and climbed into the seat. Immediately I was drapedover with a soft sheet. She wheeled me back to the sink, leveled thechair and started to do me."Cold today," I remarked to make conversation."Brutal!" she agreed. "I had my husband run out to warm up my car whileI got ready for work. I froze the twenty-five or so feet. The story I always heard is they had Dad all lined up for the next thing to an arranged marriage with some gal in their church, which is a weird bunch of dudes. Then when Mom got pregnant and Dad married her it loused that up, and this other family, whoever they are, got real pissed with the whole family." Yeaahhh," Roger smiled slowly. "I think I already got the impression that there's not a whole lot of love lost between you two and this uncle of yours." I think that's a fair statement,". Once she was ready Tommy got her loaded into the car and started heading for the hospital. Several times Amanda had to tell him to slow down so he didn’t cause an accident or end up in one himself. When they finally reached the hospital Tommy got out and helped Amanda inside so she could get checked in. It didn’t take long for Tommy to run back out to the car and find a place to park it and then run back inside to her. Amanda was almost certain that he was probably setting some new speed. That delay was just enough time for the comedy of it all to hit him, and instead of pressing his advantage he started laughing and walked back to the center of the ring. He wasn't going to chase Wilhan around as if the boy were a slippery chicken in the barnyard.To Wilhan's credit, he recovered quickly and could possibly have survived if Lorgar had pressed ... if Lorgar had pressed and been unlucky or unskilled.Wilhan knew what he had done wrong; he had not been ready for such a violent.