To the left Number 8 had a firm grip of Victoria. Batgirl was relieved to see that the kidnapped TV girl appeared unharmed. Mixed Race was standing th...re with a smirk on his insolent face.There was a brief flash of light to the right. Batgirl looked and saw Goatee Beard was using a smart-phone to take pictures of her in her suspended constriction.“I’ve got video capability with this thing!” he smirked as he waved the device at Batgirl, “I’ll use it when the real fun starts!”“Don’t waste the. " "Sure. What time and what can we bring?" "Around 3pm, and bring a bottle of wine."We arrived at Kathy's right on time. We had fun, sitting in the backyard. We drank some wine and played some croquet. The food and company were fine. Both Laura and I drank a little too much-we were both tipsy. As the sunset, we adjourned to the living room. After a little conversation, Lacey fired up the VCR and popped in the latest episode of "Sex in the City." Both Laura and I had never seen the show before.. When we got there, Betts took off as soon as the car was in park, but I got stuck carting load after load of stuff from the back of the station wagon to the pavilion. Two ice chests and two big bags of groceries and paper plates. Everybody I knew was already in the water by the time I finished. I'd gotten used to scanning around the area before I left one area of safety and headed for another. I wasn't quite sure why I attracted bullies, but at least I also seemed to attract some good friends.. John said without realizing what he was saying. She had lost at least 40 pounds off her weight, since he saw her last and did not look a day older. The dropping of weight had done wonders for her figure but she also looked very, very sexy. She looked back at John, smiled and told John, he was looking very well too. John thought she sounded very flirty when she said, “You young men must prefer beer to go with your ball game”, but then he thought, he might be imagining things. She thanked John.