.the castle..."Helen jumped in. "That's all in the past now. Gwen and I are going to take you home."John edged away. "I don't know you," he said. Hele... reached for his hand and he edged away further. "You both need to leave." John—" said Gwen."Wait," said Helen."Go," said John. "Now!"And then they all heard something else: The clicking sound of something with long nails loping its way across the floor. Gwen's heart skipped a beat when the big, shaggy head, with its long muzzle and cruel yellow. All the tests theycould do were looking great, and we were nearing the day of the plannedcesarean. They were still quite certain that my reconfigured state wasn'tgoing to be capable of passing a very large baby via the normal birthcanal. I found I was actually secretly disappointed by that verdict abit. We went over the procedure, expected potential complications,contingencies, etc. I was as ready as I could be by that point. If Ididn't get this weight off of my bladder, I was going to go a. .. , why don't you turn ... some bastard's been messing with the lock ... that fuckin Jimmy, I kill the bastard ... where is the little sod}.Here we go I thought, better get ready for a blue. De Vent came screaming at me "you little cunt, you've been fuckin around with the safe in my office." John, there's no way I could mess around with the safe, you keep the door locked so how could I do anything to it, not that I'd want to anyway."He took a swing at me and caught me behind the ear "you. The guys now truly know how sexy you are. In fact, they made several comments on your, womanly attributes, as well as your penchant for vocalizing sex." Oh god, they heard me?" I wouldn't be surprised if the neighbors heard you." I'm so embarrassed!" Wait a minute, you're embarrassed that they heard you, but not that they saw you in that translucent bikini?" Well, I kind of expected that they would see me. That might have had something to do with the, rush, that I felt at the time. I mean it.