Ellen had his work file changed to his new name andunder his new social security number. She back dated everything andshredded his old documents. At...home, she continued to select his dailyensemble. Under Ellen's tutelage, he learned to do his own makeup;nothing too bold, but impressively feminine. He tried his best. He onlywanted to make his wife happy. And of course, to keep the mob in the darkabout Heather's true identity.He was making progress at doing his own makeup, though rather. Behind Tony, he saw something black and shaggy. Baker stopped, took aim, and fired. The black furry animal went limp falling head over heels. The two kept running close together. Mary tripped. She never got a chance to do more than start to rise before another of the beasts was on her. Her scream was higher pitched until it was cut off abruptly. Baker fired again and killed the beast over her body. Tony had stopped and went back. Baker realized he was after the pistol. He bent and picked it up. Her face flushed slightly when she pulled back, indicating she was aware of the miscue. On impulse, I followed her retreat and kissed her back, my mouth partly on her mouth, as if in retribution. When I pulled away, I was surprised to find my hand had found her waist during the short duration of our caress and awkwardly pulled it away. My mind flooded with the awareness of how firm her waist was and a strange excitement about how sharply it flared out to her hips.I cast my eyes down for a final. ’ Bruni continued, much quieter now, his anger ebbing abruptly as he remembered the contract. ‘You need to get me out of here, and you need to do it now. The contract needs to be fulfilled. We need to get …’ ‘Bruni, what are you talking about, what con…shit, tell me Mother has not entered into another of those blasted contracts with the Haur!! What the hell possessed her?? She knows how we felt about it. I thought that was how she felt about it too!!’ Nikolai boomed this time, his own anger.