"Then she sort of shocked me by pulling off my wig, leaving my fairlyshort male hair-cut exposed. This was something I never wanted to seeagain, but s...e managed to comb and brush it into a style that lookedvaguely unisex, if you had eyes like my mum's that is."It's only for a little while, darling. When the extensions are doneyou'll know it was worth it. All right, do your eyes and brows andthat's enough make-up for now. I think we might ask her to do a glam jobon you when she's finished and. Athena had two brothers and a sister. Her brothers ran the company while she and her sister enjoyed the fruits of their labors. It wasn’t that they were ungrateful, for they were. But the sisters ended up being far more famous than their brothers and had to deal with the endless paparazzi. They considered it their part in bringing recognition to the family fortunes. Their brothers, dear intelligent men that they were, married well and settled down while the sisters took it upon themselves to. Still, this was by far the second worst. It wasn’t personally painful, like that other week. Instead, it was the pain of watching someone she loved being torn to shreds in front of her eyes, with little that could be done but watch the entire awful process in slow motion.It had begun the Wednesday after Thanksgiving. Heather was right; her mother was deteriorating rapidly. She died Wednesday night, with Heather and her father at the hospital. Jim MacKenzie was already half in the bag, sipping. Hey, can you hand me my phone out of my bag? I need to make a couple of calls..." Sure!" I said, reaching into the back seat for the bag, "By the way, I didn't see another car at the beach. Did you park somewhere else, or ride a bike... ?"She laughed and said, "No, that's one of the calls I've got to make. My cousin dropped me off and is supposed to pick me up later. I need to tell her I've got a ride."She flashed me a smile and it seemed to me that she was feeling better. I was surprised at.