...She takes the stairs that the bird has shown her steep stairs like the ones that almost killed her when she entered this wonderful and strange laby...rinth of death she feels the eyes of of those skulls on her back as she ascends the stairs slowly and turning on the lamps carefully as she goes Raida makes her way to the top of this long steep stairway the rock walls seem to press against her as she looks for a device to open the secret door and the bird helps her once again it has broken its. " That was better. I waved to Debbie, still hiding, andgetting antsy. "This isn't my personal vendetta, oh no! May I present--Ladies, This Is Your Life!" Out popped Debbie, teeth bared. "Morelike; This is your funeral, all of you!" Meredith began to sob. Barbarabegan to cry. Star's heavy coat of makeup was falling apart. "You!" yelledBarbara. "Yeah, me." Debbie shot back. "I've been planning thissince last year." Lisa Ling's face fell, at last. She knew that Debbieheld her in real disfavour,. ‘What the hell did they pack in this thing,’ she asked, ‘it must wear 30 pounds.’ I thought she must be exaggerating . . . at least until I hobbled over and picked it up. ‘More like 40 pounds,’ I said, then insisted she sit down to rest and cool off before going back for the drinks. But I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t take the opportunity to tease her a little. ‘You know, it’s a darn shame you have to get out there and work that hard, sweating and everything, while I’m staying inside enjoying this. " "The sex had tapered off in the past few months, but Susan said that she was just tired from trying to prove herself in the company." "We had set up a division to build new towns, what we call "Planned Urban Developments", and Susan was running it." "She wasn't having much such success and Ted Ransom was the major problem." Carol put a hand on his shoulder, "Let's call it a day, you need some rest."Carol took a fast shower, put on her nightgown and went to bed. She laid in bed thinking about.