. you are a very lusty, naughty man." And then a liquid, sensuous laugh bubbled out between Raisha's dark full lips and her fine white teeth as she le...ned her head back over her sculptured neck, her hair responding to her movement before she looked back me."If you could just see your face," she told me with a wide smile as I slowed down to give her my full attention without tripping over my feet. She inhaled, doing wonderful things to the front of her thin white blouse, and her elegant black. " Then get someone else to fill in, dammit! You've got to change meback!" It's not that easy! There aren't any Rent-a-Witch listings in theYellow Pages. And more importantly, we need you working with us untilJean is well. Did you know you've got an astonishing amount of naturalmagical talent?"Gina grabbed Patricia's hands. "Don't do this to me! Is there somelast shame you want to inflict, stripping in a nightclub or something?I'll do anything-" It's not like that-"Gina gripped Patricia's. It’s spread too far out? I said. ?Who else knows of this?? ?It’s just something I’ve been working on in my spare time. I’ll write a paper about it soon. I just need all my ducks in a row before I pull the trigger on this. It is too crazy to be anything more than a coincidence.? She put down the paper, pushed down her reading glasses and looked at me. ?Isn’t this about the time you ditch your homework and start playing video games with Eric?? I let my mouth drop. He saw the evidence against her. She was caught. She was a conniver, a manipulator, and a charlatan of the worst order. But somehow her history leading up to this was a model of dedication and self deprecation. He thought. ‘Let’s punish her, put her through the grinder, but there still might be something salvageable.’ He hadn’t mentioned this to anyone. Certainly not to Florence, and he wouldn’t either. If he was wrong, and she was as despicable as things looked he didn’t want to look like some.