”“But you kiss lots and lots of girls! And you do stuff with them, too!”“Yes, I do. We can talk about that later, but right now, we’re worri...d about you. I’m worried about you.”“No you aren’t! You wouldn’t have done what you did if you were! Did you lie to me to get me into bed?”“Penny, please relax and let me explain. Will you listen?”“I guess,” she said.I did my best to explain what happened in terms that she could understand. I finessed the issue of how many girls I’d been with and just said. Simmons was still talking. This frustrated Mikey.“Great” Thought Mikey, “I’m gonna be late again.”At 3:07 Mrs. Simmons let the class go and Mikey made a run for the bus. His driver, George, was a nice guy so he waited two minutes extra for Mikey to make the bus. After thanking George, Mikey scanned the bus for an empty seat. Finding none, he walked six rows back and saw one empty seat next to a sophomore named Jillian. Mikey didn’t know Jillian very well but he asked to sit next to her anyway.. “Its something that will soften a spring maiden’s heart.”“A spring time bribe to tempt a maiden’s virtue?” asked Beth coyly as she cautiously opened the box.“Well I hope a …” Aaron didn’t have the chance to finish.“Oh my God! Oh Aaron, its, its beautiful,” she gasped. Before her was a pear shaped diamond pendant. Even in the candle lit room, it is shone blue-white, like a many facetted frozen tear. Slowly she put the box down of the bed. Her face and tone became serious. “Aaron I can’t accept. The deed was done however. Now Tom needed to fight his way back tosupremacy of the body she was in. The difficulty Tom faced was thatHiromi was back in her natural environment and at the same time a strongwilled woman. Tom wasn't strong enough to conquer Hiromi Sato yet, norwas she a member of the Yakuza.After the initial shock began to wear off, Tom tried clawing her wayback to the top. Once or twice she almost succeeded, both times whenHiromi was in the arms of Chuck McBride. The real Hiromi.