She thought about telling her daughters to leave but decided she had to show Valdis she was not afraid of him.Chandra looked up surprised, Gemma paled...“But my beloved, surely you are not going to let the ambassador threaten us like that, these Kalashite’s need to be put in their place.”“I did not give the order!” Kailya thumped the table.“But my love, it is what you wanted, isn’t it? For the good of the kingdom?” Valdis replied calmly.Kailya took a deep breath, Valdis had obviously sensed. It looks great!"Zoe blinked and watched her in amazement as she attached the smalldiamonds to her cheeks."I was thinking: you've got wax? I can make them again and glue them tomy face and then you could paint some latex over them and with makeupI'd look like Mom then." She smiled.Zoe reached up and touched the tip of her nose, leaving a fingerprint inthe clay. This was ridiculous. But dear God she looked like Mandy. Shesighed. "Okay, let's try it."*****Andy stood in front of the mirrored. I was wearing white short shorts so everyone could see it easily. The stupid guy just laughed at me so I slapped him and walked out and got a cab ride home, she told me shyly. I only laughed a bit so as not to bring back any bad feelings. Wow, thats almost worse than mine, I said, Almost. Okay your turn. Truth or dare? Feeling adventurous I said, Dare. Okay I wanted another truth but I guess thisll do. I dare you to tell me how far youve gone with another girl. Kissing, thats it. Not even. I did some exercises, then took a shower and changed into a pair of jeans and a new white shirt I'd had pressed at the cleaners. I drove over to the park with a slowly building excitement that actually had my hands trembling, it was so intense.It was a beautiful sunny day and there were groups of people enjoying the early June sunshine. There were some teenagers throwing a Frisbee, a group of older guys playing softball, some picnickers, and lots of kids at the playground.I strolled around.