I did not bother asking but I gave her a peck on the cheek and off she went. About half an hour later I heard footfalls coming up the walkway and I s...ddenly got into a prankish mood!! I ran up the stairs and dove into her closet, intending to scare the beejeezuz out of her when she walked in!"Dad?" she called. "Daaad?" "Come on Chrissy, lets go to my room so I can show you!!"Two victims I would have now!!!! I heard them step into the room giggling and squealing. "Should we lock the door. The third thing was not as welcome. She wasunnecessarily nasty to Willow and Xander. Willow in particular hadnever done anything to deserve it and was hardly a danger to herdominance of the social and political scene. They along with Buffy hadeven saved her life once from a vampire. Well maybe Willow had done onething ? not her fault but she had. Cordelia had wanted to be friendswith Buffy but the slayer had chosen Willow, Willow of all people overher! Why? She could have made life easy for. From across the room, someone was waving at me. She looked vaguely familiar. By golly, it was an older version of Marianne. She showed the ravages of repeated attempts at dieting, with perhaps a botched attempt at a facelift or two thrown in. What the bloody hell could she want with me?"Arnie! What a surprise to see you here. It's a shame we didn't spend more time together back in our wild and dissipated youth."I couldn't for the life of me imagine what I had once seen in her. This was one. "You look down at the amulet. One of the rubies seems to glow before your eyes. When you look back up at the waitress, you feel a surge in your blood, and the lustful feeling you thought were gone come to the surface with a suddenness that makes you catch your breath.The symbol on the amulet... the Venus symbol, interlocked with itself... it all makes sense now. You've become irresistible to other women... and they to you.+++++++++Sipping your wine slowly, you turn over the possibilities in.