Nadia's face of concern melted into a satisfied smile as she slunk into thebathroom and behind Penny. She wrapped her hands around Penny's barestomach... and let her fingers sink down, edging their tips into Penny'spanties."Yes?" said Penny with a smirk."Whenever you do that it gets me all ..." Nadia sighed to herself, "happy." Is that what we're calling it now?"Nadia laughed. It was infectious, and soon Penny laughed slightly along withher."I have a surprise for you tonight," said Penny."A. ..Yes, your honor,” the juror said nodding his head in agreement with the rest of the jury before turning his attention back towards Jessica.“Miss Stanhead?... be upstanding.” the judge spoke without turning to face the young blond, now sat terrified and keeping his eyes fixated on the presiding juror.*Clang* Jessica’s handcuffs and ankle shackles scraped and scratched on the surface of the floor and table as she diligently rose to her feet and stood up straight dressed in only a pair of prison. It started before dawn, the trucks rolled into the Viale Vaticano entrance at the Vatican museum and began loading almost immediately. By the time the sun had begun to illuminate the red granite of the obelisk in St. Peter’s Square a convoy of 30 trucks and two bus loads of nun’s, priests and scholars was headed out of Rome towards the airport, their destination the Citadel of St. Michael. Chosen in the 5th century, the Citadel site was seen as a perfect sanctuary for the Called Ones. It. ”“So what did you talk about at your sleepovers?”“Music, a lot,” said Monica. “And movies, and TV shows. Gossip was big.”“Who was there to gossip about?”“Oh, you know.”“No, we don’t. That’s why I asked.” Barbie was blunt.“It’s not the kind of thing you’d be interested in,” said Monica.“And you know this because?”“Because you like boys,” said Monica. “Or at least you like sex with Bobby and your father.”“Okay!” said Barbie. “Now we’re getting somewhere. So, you’re saying you talked about sex.