"Baby, go inside use the bathroom to see if you can get the stain off. I've got to take this call anyway and I'll join in a few minutes. It won't take...long." I giggled as he kissed my lips and walked away.I stood up. My feet felt a long way from my head, but at the same time I didn't feel drunk, exactly."One more won't hurt." I broke another bite of a fresh brownie and headed for the house. I missed the grin Elliot had on his face.Someone was in Dean's guest bathroom, I thought. I went. A little tired but none the worse for wear. Unfortunately, she doesn’t think that way.”“So where are we?” he asked, looking around, “The astral plane?“No, just a tiny little pocket of thoughts and memories I made in your mind.”“If you aren’t a part of the creature feeding me, then where did you come from?”“Full of questions aren’t you?”“I like to know what I’m up against, and you don’t seem to have any problem with talking to me. It seems like you would rather not see me dead, near as I can. .. will you?" The kid is going to take you to dinner?" No, silly, his father called. I'm going to dinner with Captain Francis L. Fabric. Will you take the kids?" Of course I'll take the kids. What did he say? Tell me everything?" He was very ... courteous. He may have been nervous, afraid that I would turn him down." What are you going to wear?" I don't know. I'll have to go shopping. Do you think I should go for sexy or a reserved look?" Definitely reserved. That is, if you want there to be a. Behind her came two larger men on yet larger horses. One flanked on the far side of the shelter, the other on the far side of the cabana. And just that fast, we were surrounded by the cavalry.I wondered what was going on since this wasn't part of my original plan with Mr. Ron. It wasn't unusual for members of our secret society to layer or plots with twists upon twists, so I smiled inwardly and waited for the performance to unfold.I had always wondered how the conquistadors had oppressed so.