" Except," Julie said, "that the end result for these women is that they fall under the control of an alien intelligence." It's actually been rather w...ll tested," Cassie continued. "If you want to understand the worms, Julie, you should try some."Julie was surprised, but could see Cassie's side of the argument, and was very curious. The worms were very effective parasites, and, aside from the mind control aspects, they appeared to look after their hosts quite conscientiously."Ok, Cassie, tell. .. And she remembered wearing a skirt of completely inappropriate length to an uncle's funeral when she was seventeen, just to torture a younger cousin who'd always had a crush on her.And much more recently — hadn't she dressed to tease when meeting William Lafort for coffee that last time? William had been the loser in the contest for her hand; he was an editor at Elle who had done everything he could to steal her affections away from Charles. She'd allowed things to go as far as heavy petting. I quickly thought about the possibility of spending the weekend around Brandy. I dismissed any concerns about her boyfriend since she'd been the one to bring the opportunity up. I figured she must know what she was dealing with. Then I asked her some details about what she'd need help with."Well, for one thing, you can drive a S-10 pickup with a horse trailer, can't you? You can help me drive some going to and from the rodeo, and you can do other things like help me saddle my horses and stuff. I told him no problem. He kept his door unlocked and he just walked right in. His house was pretty nice for him being the only one to live in it. He asked me to grab a few boxes and head to his room. So I did what he asked. He was downstairs in his living room as I was in his bedroom. The first thing I did was look at the view from his window to my bedroom. He could really see everything. I was kind of wondering if he'd ever looked through my window to snoop on me. I turned and looked at his.