"I stood frozen. Then I looked at my watch and saw that it was almost 6 P.M. I didn't want to add lateness to whatever trouble I was already in. "We h...d better get to her office." We both turned and walked down the hall, deep in our own thoughts. I tapped on the door and heard Abigail tell us to come in.Abigail was sitting at her desk when we entered. "Please sit down," she said, barely looking up from something she was reading. I had come to expect that.Katie and I sat in the two chairs in. "He can't order that fat bitch around at home so he makes up for it by ordering us around here," he said.I looked across the office as I heard a snapping sound and then the sound of water. I saw Iris. Her face was twisted in anger clutching the pieces of her plastic water glass. She had crushed the glass in her tiny hand and the water had spilled all over her desk.I've always heard that redheads can have a temper, but in the five years that I've known Iris, this was the first time that I'd ever. She loved this nextpart; the application of colours and shading which changed the whole lookof her face from bland maleness to feminine fox. She giggled again andtook a gulp of wine before continuing.Michele applied her eyeliner next. All the books and magazines in whichshe had read makeup tips said you should do this later but Michele hadlearned that this was the hardest part of applying makeup and if shescrewed it up (which she often did, especially after drinking), she couldwipe the. For the first time I realized that my parents must have been devastated when I was taken from them. I crossed the few feet that separated us and hugged her plump body closely to mine. The king has been very kind to me. I have wanted for nothing. He has treated me as his equal in all things, I assured her as I patted her back, trying to comfort her the best that I could. I silently cursed myself for lying to the one who had shown nothing but kindness to me. But I was determined that they never.