I'll do my best. I've been praying we could get away, but they always say we have no options and police would only arrest me, beat me and ship me back...home to the Russian mob. I never knew how to get away. After having lived here for years, I still don't know much about the country. They kept us pretty tightly controlled." You seem to be pretty well educated. I'm guessing you weren't a high-school dropout?" We call it 'secondary school'," she explained. "But no, I had a good university. 'Why, indeed', she thought.'I met him when I was twenty. I was on holiday with my parents staying at a hotel on the outskirts of London. He was there arranging some business deal and he met my father in the bar. That first evening there was a dance after dinner and he came over and asked me to dance. He was a good dancer. I was literally swept of my feet. I'd never had a boyfriend.'She gave a little laugh, 'I suppose it seems strange to you - but I'd never been very interested. And I was.... . Christina dancingwith her friends... Christina winning the track meet... Christina in herhomecoming dress.I opened my eyes and turned to the guardian angel. "I want to beChristina again. That's who I am." I know. Thank you for finally telling me," the guardian angel replied."I needed to make sure." You knew?" I knew before you knew. Listen, half of that mission was a test. Youwere given a simple mission. Save Amber. Improve yourself. You savedAmber. You improved your life. You also. " No ... please don't," he begged."Ken, you can't do that," begged Maddie. She tried to stand between me and the door to prevent me from going."I got into some trouble at school," said Dylan. "That's part of why Mom and Dad wanted me to come here. We were going to all stay here for the first couple of weeks, and then they would go back to Chicago and ask if I could stay for the rest of the summer..." Ken, why tear the whole family apart over this?" begged Maddie. "We can work this out, I swear.