. and you will negotiate a complete and totalmerger of the two of us, with my personality the dominant one. Do youunderstand?"The Sorceress fought to ...isagree, but found herself powerless."Do you understand?" repeated M?tayer."I understand," said The Sorceress slowly. "But Julien, it may not workas you wish. You still don't understand how my magic works." You will do your best," commanded M?tayer. "You will do your very bestto negotiate the proposal I ask for, with no tricks or. "I'll bet it was you, you dropped her, didn't you?" she accused."There's this other girl ... I keep thinking about her," I stammered, pretending. I hadn't planned any of this but suddenly knew where it was going."Who? Gwen? April? Liz?" She's smarter than Jacqui. Cuter. Better looking. More fun to talk to. Smarter. Sexier." Who is it?" my curious neighbor couldn't help asking."She's got a boyfriend," I said, a touch of sadness in my voice."Does she know? Did you tell her? If she knew she'd--". As she drove she thought to herself, I really don’t want to go home to an empty house again. And that vibrator just wasn’t cutting it.Just then she saw a bar on the right side of the road. Foxy’s, it was called. Several of the other women in her office had talked about going to Foxy’s after work but she had never joined them. Why not stop in, she thought. And she did.Foxy’s was like any other bar; long winding counter with stools and a dance floor surrounded by booths. She sat at the bar and. That they'd all endured ... could've been avoided if she and Brad had just trusted Jonnie and Barbie. How was she going to get through to Jonnie now? Would he even give her a chance again ... why should he? She sure as hell didn't give him one! But she had to try...Megan pulled a bunch of coins out of her purse and picked up the pay phone again to dial the North's residence in Brentwood Heights. She knew it was getting late, but she prayed they wouldn't be mad at her for calling and that Jonnie.