Working with Lara had kept her from dwelling on the party, but riding out to Chantilly in the little compact, she couldn't avoid it. It's really sad w...en you think about faking sick to miss your own brother's birthday party. She popped in a CD and tried not to think about it. Other people would be there, she reminded herself. Other relatives, probably even some friends from the neighborhood. With luck, her parents would be too busy hosting the party and talking to people to give her any grief.. He gave a wry, humorless, smile. ‘Yeah, I know, you only see stuff like that in the movies. The doctors weren’t sure if it was because of the head trauma, or just my way of dealing with the accident.’ Will gave a careless shrug. ‘They wouldn’t tell me everything that happened right after, they don’t like to influence memory recall.’ He took a long sip of his drink. ‘It wasn’t until much later that I found out about Rick…and you. You can only avoid your past for so long, even if you can’t. I made it to the bathroom and flicked on the light to get my first closeup look of my new body. Mrs. Bresnan stared back at me from the mirror,her mouth slightly open in surprise. I closed my mouth and watched mymirror image do the same. I leaned over the sink and ran Mrs. Bresnan'shands over my face. I ran my finger down her slight ski slope nose, mynose now, over the small freckles then down to my new lips. I used herhands, (my hands now, I guess I need to start thinking of them as mine)to. "Alexis looked unconvinced, but said nothing more as she escorted the two injured concubines to the medical bay and entered. Once they were inside, Tina and I decided to head to the new concubine's pod. Tina was very interested in putting more work into her tapestry.We arrived to find Claire and Whitney standing just inside the door. Claire was trying to coax her friend to enter and sit on one of the lounges we had set up in the front room, but Whitney was standing and shaking her head. As Tina.