"Sir, Dr. Coleman is dead! Dr. McCoy says he's been poisoned with Xraua - timed release to kill him."Lester laughed. "Do you really think I would let ...someone live who not only knew my secret, but who was a blundering fool? It was so easy to get him to commit suicide. I just reminded him that he was a failure both as man and a doctor, and that I never cared for him, but only used him."He laughed again, and faced his former body."Enjoy your new body - live long and prosper, because you are never. As he stayed silent, she resumed to her speech. "As I said, everybody in this plane will die, except you. If you accept a deal." What about you?" Don't worry about me. I'm not here. Not really."He tried to smile confidently, but was only able to return an awkward grin."You're aware it sounds more crazy than scary, right?" And yet you can't help but wonder, is this girl really as insane as she sounds, or would I actually risk my life by not listening to her?"She smiled at him and lowered her. .” mentality.Then came that unseasonably warm early March Saturday night in the Central West End when I saw Margot again. I’d just settled into the only bar stool available when I noticed her. It took me a while to recognize the brazen, boozed-up blonde tightly sandwiched between two groping guys at the bar. It wasn’t until her loud laughter as she removed a hand from her breast that the dime dropped. Margot had prided herself on her long brown mane, and despised anyone who bleached her hair.. "Kristen, I can't treat you like a genie or as a slave. I want to be as much yours as you say you are mine."Kristen didn't answer, but she hugged me tightly.I was surprised when Kristen then bent down and picked me up. "You got to carry me through the threshold, Jim. If we're going to be equals, then I'm carrying you over the threshold this time!"Without so much as a grunt, Kristen managed to pick me up, carry me back up the stairs and into our apartment and into the master bedroom. She.