She also said that since Faith was now married, Mercedes' parental rights over any kind of medical treatment were voided."But she's not twenty-one, ye...t!" Mercedes had screamed back."Rights like that pass to the spouse at eighteen," the lawyer replied. "At any rate, she is mere weeks from twenty-one, so it would be easy for her to stall, even if we could serve the order."Following another extended tirade by Mercedes, the lawyer calmly said "As my last act as your attorney, I must advise you that. “Might just take you up on that.” Chase pushed off the shoreline with his paddle. “Off on the hunt, then.”Dara waved as expert strokes of his paddle turned the canoe toward the tree-covered island near the far shore, then she followed her father up the trail to attend to the dishes.**Hidden beneath the surface by both her magic and the blue of her skin, La’isa trailed along behind Chase’s canoe. When he turned to skirt around the island to the narrow channel of water between it and the far. "Don't do it!" I called out as I reached for her slim waist."Please let me go. I just want to die," the girl cried, struggling against me, trying to climb the fence."You're so young, you have your whole life ahead of you," I whispered in her ear."No. It's over," the girl sobbed. "Paul is dead and I want to die too." It'll get better, the pain will ease," I lied, the pain was eating me from the inside out, yet I couldn't let this girl do what I had come to do.I felt the warmth of her body. "Detroit, where else?" You think them honkies got a goin' over last summer, man, you ain't seen nothin yet. Wait'll ya hear what he got in mind for 'em this time." He's gonna lay it to 'em, huh?" Shorty smiled a broad toothy smile, and smacked his hand against his knee. "He shore know how to do it." Yeh, but you remember whose boss here. I kin handle Chicago." Man, you gotta do what he say or we don't git no more money." Aw, he ain't so big. We kin make our own contacts if we gotta. There's.