Anyway, that's one off the list of suitoresses."Wendy laughed delightedly. "What a lovely word! How many are left?" Two that I know of." Do I know the...m?" Yes, dear. You and me." Betty!"Betty chuckled. "Oh, I'm a canny old bird. It takes a lot to fool me and you can't help the way you look at him when you think nobody's looking or when he comes up with one of his kind or thoughtful remarks."Wendy blushed profusely and looked down at her hands. Betty glanced at her, smiled and reached over to pat. It changes from day to day." Ball park then?" A couple hundred million, maybe. That would be pretty close. I have about $15,000,000 in liquid assets. The rest is in property I have in an industrial park I have developed." The store pays you $6.75 an hour. Do you count that in?" This was said with a little bitterness.I didn't answer and went to the phone and called the store owner. "Shari is very sick today. She will not be able to work." I turned back to this woman I had grown so fond of. "I. It was so quiet and all I could hear was my own breathing.Suddenly from nowhere I heard a voice. I couldn’t make out what it was saying at first, so I strained to listen.The voice whispered, “She wants you Cat.”I looked around turning left and right, peering this way and that, as all became silent once more.I shook my head vigorously, thinking that I must have bumped it pretty hard because I was hearing voices now.The voice came again, “She wants you Cat,” only this time it was followed by. So, I guess you should know Miss Wonderful put ina brief appearance on this side of the dimensional wall last night."She frowned and nodded."Jackson called me. I guess after you bounced out and she bounced in.Told me about the early warning system thingy. I spent most of theevening waiting for her to come back and raise hell." She took anotherbite of cereal and swallowed before continuing. "Since I didn't hear youcome home, I guess she was gone by then?" Yeah. She was only here for about two.
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