"So, is any of you a GIRL?" I asked facetiously, with a dose ofsarcasm."I am," answered Becky."WHAT!?!" I exclaimed. I couldn't wrap my mind around ...it -- Becky aguy? I was having trouble breathing again. On the other hand, it wasadding up. Becky's bimbo-headed comment about Brandon being a girlturned out correct, according to the lady clarinetist. Being a GIRLherself would give Becky reason to seriously consider that possibility."I didn't tell anyone -- not until now. I don't think. “Did you do anything after I left?”“We just cuddled a little,” Phil informed her. “It was nice to have you there. I still want a night alone with you, though.”He put his arm around her as they walked down the steps and he slid a hand down to pinch her butt. That caused her to stop in her tracks. He was a step below her so he turned and kissed her softly on the lips.“Cat got your tongue?” he asked.“I wish you’d have run into a toothbrush first,” she said.“Oh, sorry,” Phil cringed. “I’ll try. The sun is so far away that it takes some time for us to get the kind of information we need. It is like trying to hunt a lone bison bull that is very far away. He is the only meat around and you are very hungry. You need his meat for your camp so you do not starve to death. First you have to get close enough to have a chance to kill him. So you travel a long ways to get close, but not too close so you scare him away. Then you must figure a way to kill him where he is. Once you figure a way to. “I had actually been quite hopeful about just that.”Johann lets out raspy laugh. Abruptly, he cuts the laughter and glares harshly at Story. “Then you are foolish.”Story smirks. “I guess I don’t have a chance to make it out of here alive then.”“Oh, you will live,” the man assures her. “I need a fresh subject for a new experiment. Unfortunately, volunteers come with expensive promises.”“Not that the Inner Sanctum fulfills those promises,” she spits back bitterly.Johann laughs mockingly at the.