He had much more of an authoritativepresence and I felt acutely more embarrassed about my feminineappearance in front of him. I was back in my room ex...hanging the heavystockings for the sheer ones, when I heard her leave. I went to the hallto find Eduardo sitting in a chair. He explained what I need to do tostrip off the old floor wax to rejuvenate the floors. As with thebathroom floor, I was to use a small brush and a cleaning solution toaccomplish the job. Kneeling down I began to slowly work. It's so hard to keep a steady hand," said Travis as he wasattempting his first try at applying liquid eyeliner. "Just theslightest flinch and it smudges all over the place."Karen looked on approvingly. "You're doing fine. You'll get it. Itjust takes practice."It hadn't been long after Ms. Dresner's visit to the house that theprogramming took hold for Travis and he was raiding Nicole's closet,dresser drawers and jewelry boxes. Once the first domino fell, it setoff a chain reaction of his. Fawn notices the giggle, “I’ve known you for 5 years Jana, and never heard you giggle like that. How has this guy transformed you?” “I don’t know. Maybe because he’s just a real man.” Later that night, I’m getting ready to go to dinner at Star Dreams Bistro in Birmingham and the doorbell rings. “Shit, I’m not ready.” I try not to slip down the stairs as I go to unlock the door for Rock. “Hey babe, you’re early.” “I couldn’t wait,” Rock says as he kisses me and comes in. “I like what I see.” . He ended up taking her down instead.”»«“Even then he didn’t know what was sapping her powers. She almost got away a couple of times in the first few minutes. But this kid who has her is pretty savvy. He figured it out quickly.”»“Shit. Shit, shit, shit! Do you have coordinates? An address?”«“It’s somewhere in the Piedmont Park slums. Nowhere near that warehouse. I haven’t been able to trick him into thinking of the address, so we’ll just have to wait until he gets there. He’s a pimp, still.