At lunch, Gloria's mind drifted, and she paid no attention to thechatter around her. What an extraordinary thing - magic had come intoher life! She th...ught she would only work until retirement, livingthrough her kids and hopefully grandchildren. Her life was steady as alocomotive on a track. Now she had a chance to jump the rails. It waswonderful of Susan to offer to swap bodies. It would be nice to beyoung again. And also, it was so very flattering that her daughtertrusted her enough that she. "Looks like someone tried to fry your little brain with a with a needle. It's a good thing that your brain is so small that it probably missed," she joked. "Just keep some ice on it to keep the swelling down, and you should be alright."Damn! If I had known that I wouldn't have called her in the first place. Now I was going to have to put up with her for at least a week, and I didn't know if all the cleaning she would do would be worth it. If I had known that she was going to make me help her, I. " See what I mean, Bruce. You are getting paranoid about this. Clay and I are just friends and you know that. I am a little annoyed that you don't seem to trust me. Clay is coming to Ben's party, and we are all going to have a good time. Now get a hold of yourself."Clay got a degree in American literature and had an entry level teaching position at a community college about two hours drive from us. I liked to get my hands dirty and ended up with a degree in petroleum engineering. I was hoping. "Hello?" he mumbled sleepily."Gavin? It's Fraser, I've had an idea."Gavin tried to shake away the fog and concentrate on the conversation."An idea? About what?" he asked."Well, I've gone out and bought a fancy new phone for the house here in Cedar City — one with some additional features. I thought that when the kidnappers phone back, I could connect you using the conference call facility. That way they would think you're here in Utah when in reality you're down there in Louisiana. What do you.