"Hey babe, I was afraid that I'd missed you," she heard the voice of Rusty Myers say as she dropped down into the small wooden chair by the phone."I w...s out doing the grocery shopping," Laura said. "I just got home." Gee, I wish I knew you were going," Rusty said, "you could've picked up a few things for me and saved me a trip later."Laura took a deep breath, thinking that it wouldn't have occurred to him to have suggested that he could've gone with her and helped instead. She hadn't returned. But I could not help the increasingly erotic and intense thoughts of his having sex with his wife, I knew deep down they where beginning to cloud my judgement, I knew I was willing to jeopardise our friendship just to have her and I also recognised she wasn't going to offer it up willingly.Was it an opportunity to good to miss - I don't know, but when the invitation for Karens 40th arrived, I kind of knew that I was going to take a path of no return, as I looked at myself in the mirror the. And it takes 24 hours for the magic to settle beforeyou can open the box again and make another wish. So if you wish forsomething and then you end up not being able to get back to the box,you'll be stuck that way until you can get back to the box. Please,don't do this." Well let's say I wanted to make a wish, how do I do it?" I could tellhe was trying to avoid telling me, but the words came out."I have to tell you, so I'm going to. But once again, I'm asking you notto make any wishes. You have. "I wanted to start this gala off withsomething fresh...something...unexpected." I winked. "Something...surprising!" It certainly was visually stunning, Lady Alexandra, as is this newplanet and what you all have done in such a short time," the woman inblue said, expressing her compliment."I am very sorry, Alexandra! May I present my guest for the evening,Rosa La Medrin, our Emperor's only daughter. Rosa and I go back manyyears. Rosa, it is my honor to introduce Alexandra of M'surah, Earth andher.