Robin grinned. “I liked it. It’s sweet. Besides, can that boy kiss!”“Oh m’God! You kissed him?” Jasmin asked, blushing.“Well, duh! Date?... Kiss?” Robin responded.“What else happened?” Lara asked. When Robin blushed, Lara urged, “Come on. You’ve gotta tell!”“I let him feel me.”“No!” Lara said breathlessly. “Like, how far? How was it? How did it feel? Did you feel him, too?”Sia smiled to herself. She wondered what her friends would say if she told them about what Dad and her had done last night.. Yeah, we can talk about it some more ... mmm, have a bit of a giggle ... yeah okay sugar, whenever ... see ya."Melissa hung up and smiled, thinking about Derek lying paralysed and helpless in his hospital bed. She'd never loved Derek, of course, not even liked him ... it had been all about his money and now she'd got that, courtesy of his oh so clever tax planning.Hoist with his own petard!The medical news couldn't have been better as far as Melissa was concerned. She'd wished him dead, when. "No, no, Mister Dan." Good! She had a funny look in her eye, but she started to act like a little girl! "I'll be a good girl." Are you sure? I'll bet you're just teasing me like all the other little girls." No, Mister Dan, I wouldn't do that!" By now she had this wide-eyed look of innocence on her face. Damn, this might work!"Well, okay. Tell you what. Your mom tells me you like candy. Is that right?" Sure is! I like candy a lot!" Well, I tell you what. I have some candy here in my pants. " There, they were fed, clothed, taped and offered a job working at one of the new Centers opening all over the world. Most took the offer, though a few still chose to return to the streets to beg. Some wondered why they weren't just taped to want to join the Centers.Drug addiction was declining, too. While addicts were allowed to continue using drugs if they wanted to, anyone who presented himself at a Community Center and asked for help was happily obliged and taped to remove all cravings for.