I always love it when she does this. Stephanie has the astonishing talent to freeze herself solid for minutes on end, unblinking and without any sign...of life. It is her favourite trick in the shop. Whenever there are no customers to serve she solidifies herself amid the costume models and waits to scare some unsuspecting customer out of his skin.She steps forwards and links an arm through both boys. “I accept that Hit Girl’s costume is more adult in its tailoring than I would usually approve. The only noise to follow is the splash of water seconds later. Greyson and Cassidy stand on the deck for several long seconds in the silence underneath the full moon before the young female agent finally breaks it. ‘Can you sink this thing without drawing attention?’ ‘Shouldn’t be a problem,’ Greyson says with a curt nod. Cassidy nods back. ‘I saw an inflatable boat back there. It should be good enough to get us ashore.’ WITHIN THIRTY MINUTES THE SMALL INFLATABLE craft reached the moonlit shore. “Just a moment, Adam. Alison, come back down here this minute,” Mum shouted up the stairs.We both came back downstairs, me stark naked trying to cover myself with my bundle of clothes and Alison fully dressed and looking gorgeous. Mum was looking at us both and seemed to come to a conclusion, “Alison, what were you doing in the lounge while we were having our cuppa?”Alison suddenly looked frightened and went scarlet.“I asked you what you were doing in here. I saw you dash up stairs from here,. She made aquick stop in the kitchen, and then in the maid's supply closet, and tooka moment to mix a few things together in a bottle. Then she pulled asmall electrical doodad out of her pack, and tossed it into the bottle,closed the whole contraption, and moved out to help her sister, beingvery careful with the bottle. When she got there, she very carefully,stowed the bottle under the carriage, right next to the hydrogen storagematrix for the fuel cell. One of the many nifty things about.