Her hair was the color of sand and hung down loosely to her shoulders. The sensual ruby-red lips and coal-black eyes studied the newspaper carefully a... she sipped her coffee.Laurie, who had eyes and hair to match her mother's, swallowed the last mouthful of bacon and eggs. "I'm finished with breakfast, Mom. May I go over to Jodie's apartment and listen to her records?" Sure, but don't stay too long. We have to clean the apartment sometime today." Okay, I won't be long," Laurie said.She darted. Gloriously huge white wings that stretched out, a good twenty feet, and up before slowly retracting and folding up into place along Angel's back. There was applause!"Now our young Phoenix is also missing something, her flaming hair, is she not?" Cor said once the applause had died down.Another round of affirmative noises followed."Starla, position one, please." Cor asked. Suddenly Phoenix had her signature white eyes and flaming hair.After the applause died down Cor whispered into both Greg and. (Of course ten times eighteen is oh God) "So, is bribe or giftfor my charity?" Hans asked again, smiling. "Oh, a gift, Master Hans." Roger said hurriedly. "I am fully in supportof Children's Hospital, and I hope you can donate it to them, and of course I expect my full punishment of only fifty whacks, sir." Perspiration ran down Roger's face. He breathed a sigh of relief when Hans put the cat back in the suitcase. Roger sighed as Hans picked up the paddle again, waving it sunnily, his cheerful. I said ‘goodbye’ and stopped in Elyse’s office.“Liz told me to go home,” I said.“Why?”“She’s pretty sure my response to the EB situation was driven by my bipolar disorder, and that I’m not thinking clearly.”“I’m worried about you, Steve.”“Me, too.”We hugged and I headed out to my car for the drive home. When I arrived I didn’t do exactly as Liz had suggested - I cuddled my daughters before I took a sauna.December 2, 2000, Chicago, Illinois???? Jesse“What are we doing after the scrimmage?” Libby.