.."After setting the hospital room phone back in the cradle, Cassandra smile at me, and said, "I'm hoping that the hospital is tired of you, and we ca... leave today." She ruffled my hair and asked, "Are you up to getting out of bed and having a shower?"I must have needed one very badly. Bed baths can only do so much, and I slowly raised up, tried my legs to see if they'd hold me, and walked gingerly to the bathroom. It felt good to be out of bed, and my body came back to life to prove it. After. He pulled the box out of his pocket and opened it. There were three earrings in it with several rhinestones attached to each ring. All were just a little bit different.Two of the shiny gold rings were identical, just mirror image of each other. They had one stone centered at the bottom of the ring that was about five or six millimeters in diameter flanked by two smaller stones about two millimeters and a third stone only one millimeter, one to the left on one ring and to the right on the other.. " Do not call that woman my mother!" Lonna snapped. For a moment, theroom grew noticeably dimmer, as bright light gathered in Lonna's hands.Then, slowly, the light began to fade again. "I am not Sorissa." ...So you're fine with being accused of vile behaviors, but beingcompared to the queen is a line too far? You certainly are troublesome,aren't you, Princess?" Yeah, I get it. I'm the tiny terror who's going to gnaw off your limbsand burn your bones, right? Think of me you wish. But whatever. After it had been there a minute without any adverse consequences, she allowed it to brush against her cotton panties. Little by little she became more brave, sure that Beth would not wake up and scream or even worse. Beth had lain awake, one eye just barely opened, concealed by her hair. She watched as Erin, with her hand in her panties, played with herself. She was relieved to know that she wasnt the only girl that did this — maybe it wasnt so bad after all. She wished that Erin had lowered.