Mimosa was the only one whose face beamed unambiguously with triumph and delight.Lady Demure stirred at last. She squeezed her eyes together and pinch...ed her straight nose between her long fingers. She ran her tongue over her lips as if they had become dry."So, it is happening," she said at last.None of the slaves dared reply."The King is dead and soon each and every village in the Kingdom of the Knights will fall to the rebellious hordes," Lady Demure continued, talking as much to herself as. This made me pull my hands to my chest and sob. Slowly I turned andheaded down to the kitchen to make coffee.As I sat at the counter on a stool sipping my coffee I caught myselfadmiring the way my pink toenails shown through the opaque spandex of mytights. Damn it I loved dressing and looking this way. Tears beganagain. Looking at the calendar on the fridge I realized that Janine wasdue home in two days, I had better start practicing being David again ormy dreams from last night would come. The officer went on to say that he felt he owed me an explanation due to the way his fellow officer had treated me.It seems that as soon as Marion had left, Fliss, true to form, had dumped Adam, telling him when he complained that he was just a pawn and that his usefulness was over. His brother Mark was already quite well known to the police for affray and assault though nothing sexual, which was why his name hadn’t cropped up earlier in the investigation. Given this history and all the alcohol. I was afraid, and I knew that as long as I stayed in that position I was relatively safe.As I grew older, I began to challenge the dark. I had finally acquired a flashlight and kept it at the ready at all times. Whenever I saw the deeper shades of darkness form or move about, I'd quickly flash it on and try to catch it in the sudden stream of light, but as always, the dark was as quick as the light and instantly raced to the farthest reaches of the room. I never did see anything, but I always.